BY MONTRELL WILSON OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL   Jasmin Virginia Grady, 20, a student at North Carolina A&T University died in a single car accident on Highway 17 in Pender County Sunday morning, but her wish to have rapper, Drake, sing to her is still alive. #DrakeSingForJasmin has been trending on Twitter and other social media sites ever since the news broke about the young woman’s untimely death. ...

82% of State’s Increase centers in 12 Counties with Hot Races ...

On May 23rd, 2014, Dr. Maya Angelou tweeted, “Listen to yourself, and in that quietude you may hear the voice of God.” On May 28th, the woman who wrote the groundbreaking autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” was found dead in her Winston-Salem home. Dr. Angelou was 86. ...

The town council passed the resolution by a vote of 3 to 1. ...

The National Kidney Foundation has launched a new portal on its website,www.kidney.org/africanamericanhealth, geared specifically for African Americans. ...

The percentage of the vote for Hudson was almost 50 percent Black American voters. ...

In turn, NNPA will have a strong connection with a new generation of readers. ...

It is a breathtakingly mean and callous proposal. The Republican budget would cut taxes on the wealthy, giving millionaires, the Citizen for Tax Justice estimates, a tax break of $200,000 per year. ...

Of course the answer is “Yes, the Black Press in America is still powerful.” ...

Eight months out from the crucial 2014 midterm elections, and the odds are stacking higher and higher against the North Carolina Democratic Party’s chances for electoral victory. And ironically, it’s NC Democrats themselves doing much of the stacking. ...