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Civil rights attorney to run for N.C. High Court

    Civil rights attorney to run for N.C. High Court

The lead attorney for the plaintiffs in the Covington v. State of North Carolina has announced that she will run for the N.C. Supreme Court in 2018. Anita Earls, founder

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Bishop Barber to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day

    Bishop Barber to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day

In an exclusive interview, Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II, currently president of Repairers of the Breach, a nonpartisan, nonprofit social advocacy group, has confirmed that he and a delegation

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Redistricting master waiting for reaction to maps

    Redistricting master waiting for reaction to maps

The special master appointed by a federal three-judge panel several weeks ago to redraw redrawn legislative maps submitted by the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly in August has finished a first

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EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Barber to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day

    EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Barber to meet Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day

In an exclusive interview, Bishop Dr. William J. Barber II, currently president of Repairers of the Breach, has confirmed that he and a delegation of “moral, workers rights, anti-poverty and ecological justice advocates” will be meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on Thanksgiving Day.

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County blacks affected by GOP redistricting plan

  County blacks affected by GOP redistricting plan

During the third Special Session of the NC General Assembly last month, the Republican-led House passed HB 717 – a bill to redraw all judicial districts across the state.

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Lawmaker likens 2017 N.C. GOP to 1898 white supremacists

  Lawmaker likens 2017 N.C. GOP to 1898 white supremacists

119 years after that fateful date in North Carolina history, the people of Wilmington came together for their annual 1898 Massacre Observance Program.

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Adams, Butterfield oppose GOP tax reform plan

  Adams, Butterfield oppose GOP tax reform plan

U.S. Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC-12) and Congressman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC-1), in scathing statements, don’t see Republican tax plan as helping the taxpayers who need the relief the most – the middle-class – and fear that, once again, the rich will be the primary beneficiaries if the tax reform plan is passed.

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Gov. Cooper signs order to help minority biz contractors

  Gov. Cooper signs order to help minority biz contractors

Keeping yet another campaign promise from his 2016 candidacy, Gov. Roy Cooper last week issued and signed Executive Order #25

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GOP leader alleges ‘corruption’ over maps

  GOP leader alleges  ‘corruption’ over maps

A special master, designated by a federal three-judge panel, is currently tasked to review redrawn N.C. legislative maps in the

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Trump or Treat?

  Trump or Treat?

Protesters with Indivisible Forsyth held a “Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue” protest on Fourth Street downtown on Friday, Oct. 27.

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