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...
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The Power of Attending Conferences with a Plan” Lessons from The CVMSDC.org BOC25 in Charleston, SC
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...
By Mayra Parrilla Guerrero Mykesha Smith, a social media star and TV personality, is helping children with something near and dear to her heart. Smith, who lives in Charlotte and goes by the stage name “Keeshlinooo,” has broken a lot...
By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com DURHAM – Tuesday’s Partners Against Crime/District 1 mayoral candidates forum inside the Holton Career and Resource Center began warm and finished hot. Candidate discussions about accountability on issues like crime, housing and municipal rezoning were framed...
By Alex Bass Alex.bass@triangletribune.com DURHAM – Durham Mayor Leo Williams saw and heard just what he needed to in the Rippling Stream Road area of the Old Farm neighborhood after Tropical Storm Chantal. “That just gave me so much hope...