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SC Judge Could Be the First Black Woman on the Supreme Court. Her Labor Record Has Sparked Concerns.
South Carolina Judge J. Michelle Childs has a chance at the US Supreme Court, but labor and discrimination cases may cloud her shot.
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Small-town NC Schools Battle Over Books with Racial and LGBTQ Themes
A push to ban books dealing with discrimination has been spreading across North Carolina, mostly in smaller and more rural school districts. This is hurting children’s educations and futures, opponents say.
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‘I’m Tired of Being Terrorized Like My Grandparents’: HBCU Bomb Threats Echo Civil Rights Attacks
Coinciding with Black History Month, the offenses echo racist attacks from the Civil Rights era and are being investigated as hate crimes.
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How the ‘MLK of Jones Lake’ Made This NC Park an Island of Equality
Jones Lake State Park, North Carolina’s first to admit Black visitors, was a place guests could breathe freely, thanks to its first Black park superintendent.
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Army Prepares to Kick Out COVID-19 Vaccine Refusers
Roughly 97% of all Army soldiers are at least partially vaccinated. But the military service has issued official reprimands to more than 3,000 soldiers, who amid the rising Covid cases, could pose a health risk to the rest of the force.
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Third Wave of Bomb Threats Hit HBCUs As Black History Month Begins
Today saw a third wave of bomb threats to historically Black universities. The institutions have been diversifying the nation’s industries for over a century.
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A Black Woman on the Supreme Court Would Fulfill Biden’s Historic Promise
‘For our courts to work for all of us, they must look like all of us,’ advocates say. Biden can usher that in with a historical Supreme Court nomination.
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How Andre Leon Talley’s Epic Style Was Informed By His Durham Grandmother
At the height of the fashion world, Talley credited his grandmother for teaching him to use style as a defense. ‘Clothes were my armor of warfare…I had to represent.’
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How to Stop the Insurrectionist Next Door
Of the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, 18 called North Carolina home. Here’s how seemingly normal people become extremists, how to spot it and ways to stop it.
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NC Women Rockers Who Shook Up the Music World
It’s Women Rock Day, and we’re paying tribute to these North Carolina visionaries who broke barriers and blazed new trails in popular music.



















