Vote! Democracy Depends on It
October 29, 2020With only a few days left until the November 3 Election Day, Greensboro residents are making their way to the polls — willing to brave long lines and COVID-19 guidelines. The NC Board of Elections calculates that there have been 2,830,533 early voting ballots and 821,375 absentee ballots cast across the state. Guilford County voters […]
Black women candidates dominate 2020 elections
October 23, 2020When the election dust settles on Nov. 3rd, North Carolina Democrats hope that in addition to a new president of the United States, a new legislative majority, and a continuing successful governor, there will be four African American women elected officials blazing historic trails of authority and service. Highest on the list, Cheri Beasley (ChiefJusticeBeasley.com), […]
Early voting kicks off in Greensboro
October 23, 2020Early voting kicked off in Greensboro last week on October 15, with community members and state representatives all flocking to the polls. According to early voting totals for October 21 in Guilford County, 81,235 ballots have been cast so far. The N.C. Board of Elections has calculated that there have been 1,517,439 early voting ballots […]
UPS announces 141 new jobs for Greensboro
October 15, 2020United Parcel Service (UPS), the multinational package delivery and supply-chain management company, announced that it will expand its presence in North Carolina with the addition of 592 jobs in Guilford and Alamance Counties. According to Anthony Copeland, director of the North Carolina Department of Commerce, UPS plans to invest a total of $316.4 million at […]
ELECTION 2020: Black early voting ready to break records
October 15, 2020Socially Distanced March/ Car Caravan to the Polls Thursday, October 15th, 11:30 a.m. from New Light Missionary Baptist Church, 1105 Willow Road to Barber Park, 500 Barber Park Dr. (off E. Florida Street). After early voting, all attendees are encouraged to return to New Light Baptist for free drive-thru COVID-19 testing from to 12 p.m. […]
ELECTION 2020: Doug Emhoff visits Greensboro
October 8, 2020David 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, 2020The 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 […]
GCS prepares school reopening plans
October 2, 2020The 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 […]
Disaster Debate: Trump to White Supremacists – “Stand By”
October 2, 2020For 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 […]
Mount Zion Baptist donates $50K to aid Guilford Co. Schools
September 25, 2020On Tuesday, Sept. 23, Mount Zion Baptist Church (located at1301 Alamance Church Road in Greensboro) donated $50,000 to The Guilford Education Alliance on September 23 for the purchase of much-needed devices for students. When schools closed in March due to COVID-19, GCS only had 16,000 devices available for 73,000 students and 10,000 teachers across the […]
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