The Voice of the Black Community
State & National
| Some Black leaders question whether Biden will fulfill his promises |
| Wednesday, August 4, 2021 |
| Amid a fierce fight over voting rights, Black leaders are watching to see how President Biden wields the power they say Black voters gave him. Some worry that a familiar pattern may be playing out again. "There's always this air that in some way, that Black Americans are supposed to wait," said LaTosha Brown, a co-founder of Black Voters Matter. |
| NC documents highlight effort to influence K-12 curricula |
| Tuesday, August 3, 2021 |
| If culturally responsive teaching is allowed in North Carolina’s public schools, students will learn that math is racist. Students who are Black, LGBTQ or of minority ethnic backgrounds will be taught that teachers are bigots. And educators will be allowed to engage in “age-inappropriate promotion” of homosexuality. That’s what |
| Cooper moves to end North Carolina’s statewide mask mandate |
| Thursday, July 22, 2021 |
| RALEIGH — North Carolina health officials and Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday announced that they will eliminate the statewide mask mandate and ease masking requirements in schools. The new recommendations urge K-8 schools to require masks for students and staff while they are indoors but allows fully vaccinated high school students and staff |
| Group launches website to provide data on law enforcement stops |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2021 |
| RALEIGH – A new resource is available to track statewide stop, search and use of force data for North Carolina law enforcement agencies. The website, NC CopWatch, was created to serve as a resource for community members, organizers, and advocates seeking transparency and accountability in our statewide policing practices. The website displays data in |
| NC’s ‘Raise the Age’ law led to fewer youths charged as adults |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
| RALEIGH – In 2019, North Carolina stopped charging most 16- and 17-year-olds as adults, and a new report looks at the law's effects on the state's juvenile justice system. The state reported there was only a 38% increase in the number of youths referred to juvenile detention, about half of what was predicted, after raising the age a person can be |
