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EXCLUSIVE: Wilmington Ten prosecutor called “delusional” for defending “frameup”

Saying that former New Hanover County prosecutor James Jay Stroud is “delusional” for still defending his “frame-up” ” of the Wilmington Ten forty years ago, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, leader of the Ten, and others in the pardons effort, maintain that Stroud’s recent remarks in a StarNews interview this week are further evidence ...

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Barry Gordy’s role as a “history maker” is solidified

Barry Gordy Jr. may only be five-foot tall in height but he left big shoes to fill when he sold Motown Records nearly 25 years ago. ...

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Income inequality grows in U.S. by George Curry

Equally important to the fiscal cliff perhaps more important in conversation in the long term – is the issue of income inequality. ...

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Deadline looms for Gov. Perdue’s Wilmington Ten pardon decision

Now that the 2012 presidential and gubernatorial elections are history, supporters for Gov. Beverly Perdue to grant individual pardons of innocence for the Wilmington Ten are focused to building more overwhelming public support for the cause before she leaves office on Dec. 31st. ...

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Obama should thank Jesse Jackson for winning formula

Obama won the election by assembling a progressive Democratic coalition pioneered by Jesse Jackson in 1984 and 1988. ...

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Budget cuts should protect the safety net

We won’t be able to go forward until Congress sits down and makes the hard decisions to create a just budget that invests in children. ...

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Our voice: Guest Editorial by Dr. Julianne Malveaux, A post-election mobilization agenda

After we savor the feeling of sweet success that comes from President Barack Obama’s election, there is work to do. ...

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Congressman Butterfield elected First Vice Chair of Congressional Black Caucus

As First Vice Chair, Butterfield will hold the number two position in the Caucus for the duration of the 113th Congress, which begins in January ...

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Coleman Legal Team identifies 500 voters who registered correctly but whose votes are scheduled to not be counted in final canvass; thousands more expected to be found

The Coleman Legal Team has worked aggressively since Election Day to ascertain why as many as 50,000 voters were given provisional ballots on Election Day. ...

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The Wilmington Ten: 40 years of loss and struggle

There is no question that the false prosecution forty years of the nine young black men and one white woman who would become widely known as the "Wilmington Ten," dramatically impacted their lives, as well as those of their families and loved ones. ...

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