Blake Brockington (pictured) recently made history when he became the first transgender teen in the state of North Carolina to be crowned homecoming king, according…
North Carolina is set to compensate victims of its involuntary sterilization program, according to NBC News. SEE ALSO: Sharpton Meets With POTUS, AG Holder To Discuss Voting Rights Act State House Speaker Thom Tillis said that the lawmakers’ vote to hand out $10 million in compensation was not easily reached. “There were challenges, we had to better educate our members […]
Progressive protests against a wave of conservative legislation in the North Carolina State House show little sign of weakening at the one month milestone. Case…
It seems the Republican lawmakers behind North Carolina’s conservative statehouse agenda should get used to seeing the faces of protestors both at work at the…
Like a motorist swerving to avoid an accident, lawmakers in North Carolina have pulled the state to the far right, proposing a series of laws…
An expansive constitutional amendment that could bar not only gay marriage but any kind of domestic partnership or civil union in North Carolina passed overwhelmingly on Tuesday, despite opposition from President Obama and many key black and white leaders, both in the state and nationally. The result was not a surprise, but constituted a major […]
A North Carolina judge delivered an historic ruling Friday — the first under the state’s Racial Justice Act. Superior Court Judge Greg Weeks re-sentenced Marcus Robinson, who was on death row for murdering a 17 year old in 1991, to life in prison without parole. Robinson’s defense attorneys used a statistical study looking at the […]
I’m not sure if it’s politically inspired or if he really believes in his Final Four picks but the Commander-In-Chief has chosen who he thinks will make it to the big dance. President Barack Obama chose Kentucky, Ohio State, Missouri and North Carolina. If you’re wondering if he left out the women’s NCAA tournament- he […]
A North Carolina school district forced a principal into retirement and issued an apology after 9-year-old Emanyea Lockett was suspended for calling his teacher “cute.” SEE ALSO: Hacker Steals A Half Million From Rich White Lady Alec Baldwin’s PERFECT Tracey Morgan Impression
A ten-year-old North Carolina girl took her own life in her bedroom after allegedly being bullied at school, local authorities say. Her mother, Samantha West, found 10-year-old Jasmine McClain hanging with a belt around her neck in their home. Chadbourn Police Chief Steven Shaw ruled the death a suicide but his investigation lead him to […]
The NAACP has recently started a campaign aimed at securing the nomination of a Black judge to a predominantly Black district in North Carolina. Leaders of the state chapter of the NAACP say that there has never been a Black federal judge in the Eastern or Western District court. Roughly half the state’s African-American population […]
The eastern seaboard is on high alert on this Friday morning as Hurricane Irene threatens low-lying cities throughout the Carolinas all the way up to parts of New York. Travel has been discouraged as many of the airports on the Atlantic have already begun to cancel flights in and out of the area. Already a […]
