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| Who’s next to lead the White House Initiative on HBCUs? |
| Sunday, January 24, 2021 |
| Now that Miguel Cardona has been nominated to be the next U.S. Secretary of Education, speculation has turned to who will become the next executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order moving the initiative from the U.S. Department of Education to the |
| Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’ |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
| NEW YORK — In one of the inaugurations’ most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew.” The 22-year-old Gorman referenced everything from Biblical scripture and “Hamilton,” and at times echoed the oratory of John F. |
| Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politics |
| Wednesday, January 20, 2021 |
| WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation’s second-highest office. Harris was sworn in as the first female U.S. vice president — and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent |
| Gov. Roy Cooper looks to NC emerging stronger after the pandemic |
| Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
| Gov. Roy Cooper started his second term facing the challenges of a pandemic that is killing dozens of North Carolina residents each day, as well as political divisions in the state and the nation. Dozens of North Carolinians die from illnesses related to COVID-19 each day. More than 10,000 new coronavirus infections were recorded in North Carolina on each |
| Harris team says it was blindsided by VP-elect’s Vogue cover |
| Tuesday, January 12, 2021 |
| WILMINGTON, Del. — Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there’s a problem: the shot of the country’s soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn’t what both sides had agreed upon. Instead of the powder blue power suit Harris wore for her cover shoot, the first African |
| N.C. mulls incentives for prison inmates who get vaccinated |
| Sunday, January 10, 2021 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina prison officials are considering offering rewards to inmates who accept a coronavirus vaccine that will soon become available to them. Todd Ishee, commissioner of prisons, said that the Department of Public Safety is considering offering prisoners a greater number of guest visitations and other perks if they choose to get |
| More than 10,000 NC students unaccounted for |
| Monday, January 4, 2021 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina education officials recently estimated that educators can’t account for about 10,000 to 15,000 public school students this school year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Lawmakers and educators worry more students are falling through cracks in the system than is presently known, as the coronavirus pandemic upends |
| A divided nation asks: What’s holding our country together? |
| Tuesday, December 29, 2020 |
| Elections are meant to resolve arguments. This one inflamed them. Weeks after the votes have been counted and the winners declared, many Americans remain angry, defiant and despairing. Millions now harbor new grievances borne of President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud. Many Democrats are saddened by results that revealed the |
