Month : August 2025

Nikya Hightower Adrian Crutchfield still plays for Prince. Crutchfield, who returns to Charlotte Aug. 8 play saxophone alongside five-time Grammy winner CeeLo Green at the Carolina Theatre, is one of the city’s most accomplished musicians. Crutchfield has played jazz, hip...

By Freda Freeman Correspondent Just as in life, the last thing Tyrone Berry did before his death was to show love. But this time it wasn’t toward family members or loved ones. It was toward complete strangers. When Berry, 63,...

By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Diabetes does not need a name or face, nor does it have defining characteristics. Donnae Ward, health equity coordinator at Advance Community Health, knows the implications of these realities. “We also know that this...

We just wrapped up BOC25—the 2025 Business Opportunity Conference hosted by CVMSDC in Charleston, SC—and it was nothing short of inspiring. Over the course of three days, from August 3–5, hundreds of entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, and change-makers came together with...

By Nicole Hodges DURHAM, NC – The School of Education at North Carolina Central University (NCCU) will launch a doctoral program in counseling, counselor education and supervision in fall 2025. The program, an Ed.D., is NCCU’s second (current) doctoral program,...

By Cash Michaels Contributing writer An official letter from Trump Administration Cabinet secretaries Linda McMahon of the Education Dept. and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. of the Dept. of Health and Human Services, accused Duke Health of “vile racism” in “hiring,...

By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com DURHAM – The Reverend Julian Pridgen, pastor of Saint Mark AME Zion Church, was poised to deliver a Monday message to a packed City Hall chamber about the devil being in the details of the Fayetteville...

By Tracie Fellers Correspondent Raleigh’s Liberation Station, one of few Black-owned children’s bookstores in the country, has been without a brick-and-mortar home for over a year. But owners Victoria Scott-Miller and Duane Miller are on their way to changing that...

The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. The memories – along with emotional and physical scars – remain. Approximately 2.6 million Americans served in Vietnam, including roughly 300,000 Black people who accounted for 16% of all U.S. troops. While Black...