RALEIGH – Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced Monday a judgment against David Jewel Satterfield and his Charlotte-based companies, A1 Towing Solutions and Automobile Recovery and Parking Enforcement, for allegations of racially targeting drivers, illegally booting and towing their vehicles, and price gouging. The judgment, reached by the North

RALEIGH – On Valentine's Day, and Frederick Douglass's chosen birthday, moral, faith and community leaders gathered for the "Love Forward Together" Mass People's Assembly & Moral March at the North Carolina State Capitol. The rally marked the culmination of a historic 50-mile, three-day march from Wilson to Raleigh protesting health care cuts,

RALEIGH – Former Democratic Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper smiled broadly and exchanged pleasantries with poll workers at Chavis Community Center Thursday as he cast his ballot on the first day of early in-person voting in the 2026 primary. Cooper is facing five primary challengers in the race to replace outgoing Republican Sen. Thom

Over the past year, the Trump administration took a series of steps to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Despite broad and bipartisan legislative and consumer support for the agency’s efforts that delivered transparency in financial transactions for consumers, these reversals also ended the kind of data collection, research, and

North Carolina State Democrats face unique challenges in this year’s election. In a webinar hosted by Carolina Forward and Work for Democracy last week, North Carolina Senate Democratic leader Sydney Batch and Senator Michael Garrett discussed these challenges in moving forward progressive policies. Carolina Forward is an independent, nonpartisan

At a time when higher education in the United States is under political and cultural siege, Black or African-American students are continuing to apply to college at rates faster than anyone else. Indeed, the number of students who identified as Black or African American who applied to college in the United States in fall 2025 grew by 11% compared to the

N.C. A&T State students protest at State Board of Elections. RALEIGH – North Carolina A&T State University students packed the North Carolina State Board of Elections meeting in Raleigh to support an early voting site on their campus for the upcoming primaries. When the board adopted a plan without a voting site on the Greensboro campus,

North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls last week that she was diagnosed with breast cancer late last year. “I had surgery over the holidays and will continue a course of treatment to address this disease,” said Earls in a video released on social media. Earls told supporters the diagnosis will not impact her ability to continue to