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Book Review: Humans

October 8, 2020

Nice to meet you. And it was. You’ve always believed that it’s a good thing to expand your life, visit new places, and make new friends. Doing so always makes you feel energized. It’s a chance to become enlightened, enriched, entertained, and involved. So it’s nice to meet you, nice to get to know you. […]


ELECTION 2020: Doug Emhoff visits Greensboro

October 8, 2020

David Emhoff, husband of Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris, hit the campaign trail last weekend, making a stop in Greensboro on October 2. Emhoff served as the keynote speaker for the grand opening of the Biden-Harris Triad Campaign Hub on 2300 Meadowview Rd. in Greensboro. His other stops in Greensboro included a visit to North […]


City of Greensboro formally apologizes for Greensboro Massacre

October 8, 2020

The Greensboro City Council passed a resolution to issue a formal apology to the survivors and families of the victims for the events of the 1979 Greensboro Massacre. The resolution passed 7 to 2, with Councilmembers Marikay Abuzuaiter (at-large) and Nancy Hoffman (District 4) voting against the resolution. At its October 6 meeting, the council […]


Bears restore Tarik Cohen back to his original role

October 2, 2020

The Bears have a restoration project going on in their backfield in addition to the conversion project they have undertaken with Cordarrelle Patterson. Tarik Cohen last week got his contract extension worth $17.25 million over three years, and they’re trying to get their money’s worth out of him with a restoration to his old usage. […]


GCS prepares school reopening plans

October 2, 2020

The Guilford County School Board of Education approved a phased plan to reopen schools in a 5 to 4 vote at its Thursday, September 24 meeting. The school board approved a recommendation from Superintendent Dr. Sharon L. Contreras, which brings back pre-K-5 students five days a week, with grades pre-K-2 returning Oct. 20 and grades […]


Book Review: Rise Up: Confronting a Country at the Crossroads

October 2, 2020

You’re beat down. Tired, ready to rest, just plain done. So much racism, so many politicians doing so many things. You’re wiped, laid low with no more go, and you’re not sure you have the energy for more of this. But there’s hope for the hopeless, a lift for the fallen, and in “Rise Up” […]


Why do we mourn people we don’t know?

October 2, 2020

In recent weeks notable people have died; Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Chadwick Boseman, earlier in the year Breonna Taylor, and in January, Kobe Bryant. People mourned, and still mourn, their deaths but most of us didn’t know these public figures. Why do we mourn people we don’t know? To answer this question, we must review how […]


October NAACP Meeting

October 2, 2020

The October 2020 General Monthly Meeting of the NAACP Greensboro Branch is scheduled online for 5 p.m., October 11. Branch Secretary Janice Spearman will send via email the meeting’s online access information on Saturday, October 10. To receive meeting information, contact her at spearman@yahoo.com or call the branch office, (336) 273-1222.


Disaster Debate: Trump to White Supremacists – “Stand By”

October 2, 2020

For the second time in his presidency Donald Trump, when offered the opportunity, declined to denounce White supremacists. Instead, during Tuesday night’s fiery and stunning presidential debate with Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump, when asked by beleaguered moderator Chris Wallace of Fox News, to condemn “White supremacists and militia groups” and tell […]


Gov. Cooper says, if metrics remain stable, he might ease more restrictions

September 25, 2020

RALEIGH – Outdoor stadiums and venues with a seating capacity of more than 10,000 will be able to allow some fans back in early October if North Carolina’s COVID-19 trends and metrics remain stable or improve over the next 10 days. Gov. Roy Cooper made the announcement on Tuesday during a briefing with reporters so […]


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