Associated Press

(pictured above: Edward W. Brooke) Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who in 1966 became the first black person in U.S. history to be elected to the Senate, died Saturday, Jan. 3 at age 95. “A Republican in a largely Democratic state, Brooke...

We are disheartened by last week’s U.S. Department of Education report that shows our kids – black boys and girls – are being labeled as troublemakers and threats from the very first time that they walk into a schoolhouse. The report, released...

Equal rights seekers took a page from the past this week when they staged a peaceful “pray-in” at the General Assembly. The group, led by N.C. NAACP President Rev. William Barber II, were beseeching a higher power for help in battling the...

Fredricka Whitfield, a news anchor and correspondent for CNN, will deliver the address at the 121st Commencement exercises for North Carolina Central University on Saturday, May 11. The ceremony will begin at 8 a.m. in O’Kelly–Riddick Stadium....

It’s sometimes hard to distinguish these days the difference between the governing body of the state of North Carolina and one of the mafia families of New York City. After all, North Carolina runs the liquor business and the numbers game. The...

First-day early voters endure two hours in line    The early voting season started out with a bang on Oct. 18. Hundreds of voters converged upon the Forsyth County Government Center, braving long lines for the privilege of being among the...