NAACP Board cites racially-discriminatory gerrymandering and voter suppression laws as key reasons for economic boycott ...

Congresswoman Adams admitted that she was “skeptical” about President Trump’s true intentions regarding his overtures to HBCUs and promises made. “We’re going to have to hold him to what he says. He certainly wasn’t supportive (during the campaign) of people who look like me. So I don’t know.” ...

“I told the Governor that I will work tirelessly,” Colonel McNeill said, “to exceed his expectations.” ...

The Blood of Emmett Till (Simon and Schuster), is mainly about the confession by Carolyn Bryant, the Mississippi White woman whose lie, in 1955, caused the brutal lynching and murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till. ...

Morgan will serve an eight-year term on the seven-member court, and as a Democrat, his addition now shifts the court to a 4-3 Democrat majority. ...

Cooper’s ability to fill exempt protected positions in State government was cut from the present 1500 for McCrory to just 425 (Perdue had 500), meaning Governor Cooper’s ability to specifically hire over 1,000 more fellow Democrats if he so chose, was decimated by over two-thirds. ...

  BY CASH MICHAELS OF THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL The US Dept of Health and Human Services, (HHS) which will remain under the Obama Administration until President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office January 20th, wants to make one thing very clear to African – Americans and others – the Affordable Care Act(ACA) is still the law of the land, and will remain so now through the end of 2017. Insurers have ...

“We believe either attempting to stack the Supreme Court or deciding the governor’s race in the legislature is, and would be a major civil rights violation of the right to vote and equal protection under the law,” Rev. Barber told hundreds of demonstrators during Monday night’s Moral Monday march and rally at the state Capitol in Raleigh “We pledge to fight with every legal and moral tool we have, including ...

A group called “Tools for Change” started the petition earlier this week, saying that Lacy’s family deserves answers. ...

The Hill.com continued, “The measure currently lacks the votes to pass given divisions among Republicans and widespread Democratic opposition.” ...