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By Yasmine Regester Peacemaker Staff Writer Black business owners say they are already losing contracts and struggling to meet payroll after North Carolina eliminated the office that helped minority- and women-owned companies compete for government work. Now, a statewide coalition...

By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com The recent hangings of African Americans across the South have resurrected lynching fears. The hanging death of an unidentified man in Raleigh last month was called a suicide, as Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce stated in...

By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com DURHAM – Durham’s newest police chief wants to emphasize respect, constitutional integrity and professionalism as she joins the force. Stephanie Mardis, former assistant police chief of the Greensboro Police Department, will begin her new job Sept....

Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST A bill passed in July by North Carolina lawmakers rewrites voting laws that increase voter purges and automatically audits election results. House Bill 958 mandates audits of local elections in all 100 counties and...

By Bonitta Best editor@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Southeast Raleigh is getting some much-needed income-restricted family apartments, but it will be awhile before residents can move in. Affordable housing developer DHIC will soon break ground on its Fisher Grove project, a 166-apartment...

The vulnerability experienced by Black and Brown individuals in America is woven into a complex tapestry of historical, social, and economic forces that have shaped their realities for centuries. From the earliest days of colonization and slavery, discriminatory policies and...

Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post Lamar Richardson’s bet on himself earned him another slice of theater history. Richardson, an Independence High School alumnus, is the youngest Black lead producer to earn a Tony Award in a top production category...

By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com Rhonda Gee is a master teacher at KIPP Durham, a charter school that teaches kindergartners through eighth grade. Gee’s daughter, Daniela, attends KIPP, and is now in sixth grade. “I began to notice my own daughter’s...

Roger Johnson, The Daily Drum For generations, the story of America has been told as one of freedom, democracy, and opportunity. Yet woven into that history is another story—one of racial terror, injustice, and violence that claimed thousands of Black...

The Carolinas‑Virginia Minority Supplier Development Council will host its 49th annual Business Opportunity Conference (BOC26) on Aug. 2-4, 2026, at The Westin Raleigh‑Durham Airport, bringing together small businesses, minority business owners, corporate partners, government agencies, community partners and industry leaders...