The Shalom Project is seeking new applicants for its Circles Initiative through July 15. Circles Winston-Salem (Circles WS) is an empowerment program designed to help individuals rise out of generational
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President Obama would like the national minimum wage to rise to $10.10 an hour. By executive order, he raised the minimum wage for federal contractors. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH)
To the Editor: “Tackling crime, Punishment” on March 20, 2014 was a great article. Why? Because what I saw from a distance (I’m incarcerated) was and possibly is the beginning
(pictured above: Panelists (from left): John Gladman, Margaret Elliott, Minister Alvin Carlisle and Karen McNeil-Miller.) Five decades after President Lyndon Johnson declared War on Poverty, the issue still plagues Winston-Salem and
(pictured above: Dr. Bev. Emory speaks.) When Dr. Bev Emory took her position as superintendent of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools last year,
Hundreds of local residents attended Kwanzaa celebrations this week and last week at several venues throughout the city. Folks danced,
Local group of volunteers on service trip to Ghana (pictured above: Travellers (front row, from left) Beth Frack, Bray Barto, Jozy
New school achievement standards taking some getting used to The rollout of North Carolina’s new Common Core State Standards curriculum
The School of Drama and the School of Design & Production at the University of North Carolina School of the
When Older Americans Month was established in 1963, only 17 million living Americans had reached their 65th birthdays. About a
