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By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Tanisha Holmes found an irony to the location of a recent Wake County affordable housing program – John Chavis Park. “There was enough land space to be able to go back and rebuild affordable...

By Cash Michaels Contributing writer What was at first thought to be a vital financial lifeline is now seen as another major blunder for beleaguered St. Augustine’s University (SAU) in Raleigh, one that could cost the small private historically black...

In recent years, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs have faced increasing scrutiny, with policy shifts and executive orders leading to the rollback of federally mandated initiatives. These changes raise fundamental questions about the future of supplier diversity, workforce equity,...

By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Eugene Myrick, president of the Biltmore Hills Neighborhood Association, cut to the chase about the historic community chartered in the early 1960s at a Jan. 29 meeting at John Chavis Park. “It was a...

Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST When Julia Ann McKnight Teamer was born 108 years ago, World War I was raging, Charlotte didn’t provide public education for Black students and women couldn’t vote. Teamer, a longtime education advocate and teacher...

By Dr. Veita Bland Carolina Peacemaker   As we close out this year, it is time to take stock of your health and the progress you’ve made during the year. The next step is not to lament if progress was...

By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – April Simpkins signed copies of the book she co-authored, or actually completed for her daughter, Cheslie Kryst, in the Thomas J. Boyd Chapel on Shaw’s campus. “By The Time You Read This,” the book’s...

Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST In 2015, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech was confirmed to have North Carolina roots. At that time, a restored recording of a Nov. 27, 1962, speech at a Rocky Mount...