His name was Allen Hall. In 1972, Hall was the chief witness for the prosecution in the conspiracy trials against the Wilmington Ten. ...

Would you choose to be kept alive artificially, or would you prefer to die with dignity? ...

The newly-elected chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, says politically-inspired charges that United Nations Ambassador Susan E. Rice is “not very bright” and is “unqualified” to be named Secretary of State by President Barack Obama are racist and sexist in addition to being untrue. ...

The national NAACP has once again joined its North Carolina conference of chapters in supporting pardons of innocence for the Wilmington Ten. ...

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 ...

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. ...

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

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. ...

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

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. ...