By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com Durham Mayor Leonardo Williams joined youth from GRACED, Inc. last week for a conversation about youth violence. The GRACEDfully Unmuted Podcast is spearheaded by Durham teens. Williams and Attorney Jonathan Wilson sat down with the teens...
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By Roger Johnson The Daily Drum The history of racial violence in the United States is marked by countless tragedies, among them the haunting legacy of unsolved lynchings of Black individuals. Over the decades, at least 70 cases remain unresolved,...
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST Charles Osborne’s brush with predatory towing left him angry. Osborne, owner of Golden Cleaning Services, said his pickup truck was towed from his Dilworth apartment complex when the leasing office issued him the wrong...
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 Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – The death of a Black man found hanging from a tree in downtown Raleigh last weekend is being ruled a suicide. Raleigh Police Chief Rico Boyce and Mayor Janet Cowell issued statements to the...
Ashleigh Fields THE CHARLOTTE POST Cory Wilkins is embracing his latest food venture with the Ovedere app, designed to connect communities to restaurateurs across the globe. The platform, designed partially by Claude, an artificial intelligence assistant created by Anthropic, aids...
Charles K. Harris THE CHARLOTTE POST Jonathan Blount, a Monroe native, civil rights activist and co-founder of Essence magazine died July 20 after battling cancer. He was 80. Although he moved away from Monroe decades earlier, the impact of his...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Advance Community Health is now looking to Amplify healthcare for the communities it serves. At the company’s annual Impact Night last Thursday, Advance introduced the partnerships that made its rebrand and expansion possible. Advance...