Pell Grant changes will slow Black graduation rates

Pell Grant changes will slow Black graduation rates

The program, which provides low-income students with financial aid they do not have to repay, was projected to face an $18.3 billion shortfall during 2012-2013 academic year becaus ...

DANIELS HONORED

DANIELS HONORED

CFCC art gallery gets new name ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson says that jails are financially exploiting families of the incarcerated

Rev. Jesse Jackson says that jails are financially exploiting families of the incarcerated

One of these forms of exploitation that Rev. Jackson notes is the high cost of making a phone call in the Cook County Jail. In Cook County jails, prisoners are charged as much as $ ...

Was it police brutality?

Was it police brutality?

A WPD K-9 officer and WPD investigators were able to stop the vehicle on Independence Boulevard and remove the passenger, Roy Augusta Smith II, and the female driver, Shanita Wynet ...

Governor Beverly Perdue calls it “naked racism”

Governor Beverly Perdue calls it “naked racism”

In what civil rights leaders across the nation are calling a “significant” moment in the civil rights movement, North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue has granted individual pardon ...

Stronger Violence Against Women Act signed into law

Stronger Violence Against Women Act signed into law

President Obama signed the reauthorized bill last week after Congress united and voted to expand the law to offer protection to women in lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and Nativ ...

Willistonians heading to Seabreeze

Willistonians heading to Seabreeze

BY LINDA PEARCE CONTRIBUTING WRITER   On July 6th, Willistonians will travel down 421 to re-create one of the fondest memories of our lifetimes – a trip to Seabreeze to dine o ...

The Center for Church and Prison, Inc. responds to the Black Mental Health Alliance’s “Saggy Pants” Campaign

It should not be criminalized. Wearing Saggy pants reflects a grave social dilemma in the American sociopolitical and economic consciousness. more ...

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