The Voice of the Black Community
State & National
| Courts make photo ID less likely in N Carolina 2020 voting |
| Wednesday, February 19, 2020 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina’s newest voter photo identification law seems flawed by “discriminatory intent” and should have been blocked months ago, a state appeals court ruled on Tuesday, creating another obstacle to implementing a requirement now demanded by the state constitution. The ruling doesn’t change the current process |
| Trump airs impeachment gripes while pushing economic agenda |
| Monday, February 10, 2020 |
| CHARLOTTE — President Donald Trump came to North Carolina on Friday to showcase a new economic revitalization program, but he quickly took a verbal detour to reprise complaints about his impeachment by the House, saying Democrats should have to list a “failed impeachment hoax” on their resumes. As he left Washington for his first trip |
| Rev. William Barber addresses systemic racism, voting rights |
| Friday, January 31, 2020 |
| The Rev. William Barber II believes that everyone has a right to live. Through his Poor People’s Campaign, Barber is continuing to build a movement to overcome systemic racism, systemic poverty, ecological devastation, militarism of the budget and the false moral narrative of white religious nationalism. In an exclusive telephone conference with the |
| NC trailblazer launches campaign for Congress |
| Tuesday, January 21, 2020 |
| FAYETTEVILLE – Pat Timmons-Goodson, the first African American woman to serve on the North Carolina Supreme Court and former member of President Obama’s United States Commission on Civil Rights, is running in North Carolina’s 8th Congressional District. “My career on the bench and as a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil |
