The Voice of the Black Community
State & National
| Study: South’s native talent suffers without better schools |
| Monday, April 23, 2018 |
| DURHAM — The South’s increasingly diverse homegrown talent won’t share in the region’s economic growth unless state leaders commit to spending more on public schools and higher education, according to a study released earlier this month. The State of the South 2018 report found that 13 states across the region rely heavily on an |
| Lack of progress on NC students’ test scores ‘frustrating’ |
| Friday, April 20, 2018 |
| A lack of progress on North Carolina students’ test scores is “frustrating,” state superintendent of schools Mark Johnson said recently. A nationwide evaluation of educational achievement in fourth- and eighth-graders found that scores largely remained stable between 2015 and 2017, but went down in some areas. Scores for poor students and |
| Judges won’t halt N Carolina county’s legislative elections |
| Monday, April 16, 2018 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina trial-court judges refused Friday to delay state legislative elections in and around Raleigh next month while litigation challenging several House districts continues. A three-judge panel declined to halt the May 8 primary for at least four Wake County House races because voting is already happening. The decision also likely |
| ‘Two societies: one black, one white’ |
| Thursday, April 12, 2018 |
| On July 23, 1967, Detroit exploded in rioting. Five days later, 43 were dead, 7,200 had been arrested and $22 million worth of property had been destroyed. It was just the latest in a string of more than 100 disturbances that shook American cities during “the long, hot summers” of the mid-1960s. Before the embers cooled, President Lyndon |
| Judges: No delay for new N. Carolina congressional map |
| Thursday, January 18, 2018 |
| RALEIGH — The judges who struck down North Carolina’s congressional map for excessive partisanship that favored Republicans refused Tuesday to delay their order telling GOP state lawmakers to draw new lines by next week. The denial by the three-judge federal panel was expected, given that the judges wrote 200-plus pages last week explaining why |
