There is evidence that some of those Black voter suppression efforts took place right here in North Carolina, all to cripple Clinton’s campaign to maximize the Black vote. ...

A meeting is scheduled for Jan. 5, 2018 "… to discuss the historical marker language and options for how to proceed.” ...

Issued by the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, the REAL ID is a State government identification card mandated by Congress ...

Marvelia Jackson, who worked as a medical technician at Bradley Creek and was one of two Black staffers to complain about the “slave lady” calendar to management, forcing them to retrieve all of the calendars distributed four days after they were originally given out, may indeed have a legal case against Bradley Creek, says Attorney Irving Joyner, Chairman of the NCNAACP Legal Redress Committee. ...

In an online message sent to this reporter the following evening, Jennifer Dicicco Alaimo, the former Activity Director, wrote, “This is Jenny. At this time I think it best to not say anything.” ...

“I was …surprised by how many leaders from around the world had been inspired by Moral Monday, the moral revival last year, and the Poor People’s Campaign plans,” Bishop William Barber, leader of the social justice group, “Repairers of the Breach,” said by text from the Vatican last week. ...

At the invitation of the Vatican, the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber, II addressed the Labor Unions International Meeting: From Populorum Progressio to Laudato Si’ in Vatican City November 24th, 2017. An edited text of his remarks is below. ...

He received the invitation from the Vatican last September, along with invitations to visit England and Africa to join other labor and workers’ rights advocates. ...

Suddenly, women from all over, young and old, black, white and others, are coming forward in their own way, admitting that at least once in their lives, they too were the victims of some man’s craven sexual abuse. ...

The warnings came as the NC House last week passed a law eliminating the 2018 primaries for all judicial seats across North Carolina. Gov. Cooper vetoed the law Monday, but Republicans plan to override the Democratic governor’s veto. ...