As the three-judge federal panel reviews the newly redrawn N.C. redistricting maps it ordered from the N.C. legislature, opponents aren’t waiting to weigh-in on what the court’s next move should
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Rev. T. Anthony Spearman believes he has what it takes to lead the N.C. NAACP.
An interview with N.C. NAACP presidential candidate Rev. Portia Rochelle.
When the Republican-led N.C. General Assembly reconvenes for its second Special Session of the year on Wednesday, Oct. 4 at noon, expect judicial redistricting to be front in center.
Musician Rhiannon Giddens remains somewhat miffed as to why her music has yet to catch-on with more African-Americans.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus are discussing the possibility of impeaching President Donald Trump.
To many legal experts, it’s hard to believe that Republican legislative leaders deliberately redrew new voting maps for the state House and Senate – as ordered by a three-judge federal court – without incorporating race as one of the nine criteria guiding the process. After all, it was the abusive, and according to the US Supreme Court, illegal use of race by Republican mapmakers in drawing the 2011 redistricting plan that earned the ire of the federal court – namely the stacking and packing of black voters into 28 of 170 districts across the state in order to severely weaken their influence in legislative races, thus giving the GOP super-majorities in both houses.
Courts continue to weigh if the newly drawn redistricting maps for North Carolina are fair.
Howard University has appointed James Comey as the 2017-2018 Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in Public Policy.
For the first time ever, all past and present African-American justices of the North Carolina Supreme Court are being honored for their contributions.