The Voice of the Black Community
State & National
| Chief justice pick leads colleague to criticize governor |
| Wednesday, February 13, 2019 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s decision Tuesday to elevate current Supreme Court Associate Justice Cheri Beasley to chief justice led to rare public criticism from a Republican judicial colleague who contends tradition put him in line for the post. Beasley, a former trial judge and Court of Appeals judge initially named |
| American dream remains deferred for black millennials |
| Monday, February 11, 2019 |
| For black millennials, the American dream remains deferred and, in some cases, is a nightmare. “The American dream, the idea that anyone can succeed through hard work, is one of the most enduring myths in this country. And one of its most prominent falsehoods,” Reniqua Allen, the author of “It Was All a Dream,” wrote in a recent |
| N Carolina measure would require testing for all rape kits |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2019 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina politicians promised Tuesday to spend the $6 million needed to catch up on testing decades of ignored evidence collected from sexual assault victims, and also prevent the injustice from repeating by requiring investigators to test evidence quickly. Attorney General Josh Stein and a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled a |
| Harris-Perry draws support in beef with Wake Forest |
| Monday, January 28, 2019 |
| The relationship between Wake Forest University and prominent black political science professor Melissa Harris-Perry, which appeared strained following remarks she made at a public Martin Luther King commemoration, appears to be deteriorating even as colleagues come to the academic’s defense. In response to an inquiry by Diverse, a spokeswoman issued |
