Candidates for N.C. Senate and House speak at forum
October 19, 2018“Representatives should vote on behalf of the people, not the party,” said Alissa Batts, Republican candidate for N.C. House of Representatives District 61, at a forum held at Temple Emanuel in Greensboro on October 16. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad and the Greensboro News & Record, newcomers and incumbents […]
Former U.S. Atty. General rallies for candidates and fair redistricting
October 12, 2018Former U.S. Attorney General, Eric H. Holder Jr., has been traveling the state to rally support for Democrat candidates in the November election. On Tuesday, October 9, he spoke to a crowd at the Guilford County Democratic Party headquarters, encouraging people to get voters to the polls. As the 82nd Attorney General of the United […]
Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum Canary Cottage undergoes renovations
October 11, 2018The sound of hammering and drills have taken over the campus of state historical site, Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum (CHB) and Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, as the Canary Cottage undergoes a few renovations and upgrades. Renovations began in April of this year, with an estimated completion date of fall 2018. Jamie Jones, CHB museum […]
Greensboro City Council recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 5, 2018The Greensboro City Council approved a resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting recognizing Monday, October 8 as Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the city. The council presented the resolution to Raven Dial-Stanley, Miss Indian N.C. As part of her reign as Miss Indian N.C., Dial-Stanley submitted a proposal for a resolution for Indigenous People Day to the […]
National Voter Registration Day!
September 28, 2018Crowds of college students gathered to register to vote on National Voter Registration Day. On Tuesday, September 25, NextGen North Carolina spent the day registering young Americans to vote on four campuses across the state — N.C. A&T State University, University of North Carolina Greensboro, High Point University and Catawba College — in celebration of […]
Hurricane Florence Aftermath
September 21, 2018As Hurricane Florence’s wrath along the Carolina coast concludes, things for thousands of North and South Carolina families will never be the same. Heavy downpours from the Category 4 storm, which was downgraded to a Category 2 when it hit landfall, brought flash flooding from the coastal plain last Thursday all the way to the […]
Be prepared to weather Hurricane Florence
September 13, 2018While East Greensboro is still recovering from a tornado on April 15 that destroyed homes, businesses and schools, the whole city is preparing for another natural disaster. Hurricane Florence, currently a category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph, is scheduled to make landfall in the Carolinas as early as Thursday, September 13. […]
Six N.C. Constitution amendments on ballot
September 7, 2018Two N.C. Supreme Court decisions this week put all six proposed N.C. Constitution amendments back on the ballot for November. Voters will vote on six amendments relating to judicial vacancies, state boards and commissions, voter ID requirements, income tax rates, crime victim’s rights, and hunting and fishing. A lawsuit from the N.C. National Association for […]
Happy Birthday: “Hidden Figures” Katherine Johnson Turns 100
August 31, 2018Katherine Johnson, who hand-crunched the numbers for America’s first manned space flight – a feat that finally got its Big Screen acknowledgement just two years ago, turned 100 on Sunday, August 26, 2018. “[On Sunday], we celebrate Alpha Kappa Alpha’s own, Katherine Johnson. She’s credited with crunching the numbers by hand that allowed NASA to […]
Fed. Court Ruling on N.C. Redistricting Applauded
August 30, 2018Republican NC legislative leaders are petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court to stay an order from a three-judge federal court Monday that ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional, and that new redistricting maps be drawn. The 2-1 ruling in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, found that the congressional districts were […]
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