By Freda Freeman Correspondent Formerly incarcerated men want people to know they should not be defined by their past. They want a genuine second chance. Henry Edwards II is trying to help them get it. Edwards, who has never been...
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Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST Third in a series produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. Wisdom and Cherie Jzar are meme busters. The couple are first generation food producers with an expanding operation. They launched Deep Roots CPS Urban...
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST Second in a series produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. The end of federal equity programs left farmers of color in a bind. In 2025, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, following President Donald Trump’s...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com DURHAM – What will become of the $10 million reserved for investment into historic Hayti? Although the Hayti Promise Community Development Corporation was awarded the amount in American Rescue Plan Act funding almost three years ago,...
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST A petition signed by four former Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office employees and a state lawmaker urges a judge to remove Sheriff Garry McFadden from office. N.C. Rep. Carla Cunningham is among the petitioners demanding...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com DURHAM – The Carolina Theater was packed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, its seats filled with people of all races. But it took a battle, sometimes violent and life-threatening, led by Durham’s determined and revolutionary...
By Freda Freeman Correspondent Many see the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, erode voting rights, and erase Black history in schools as setbacks to the gains made during the Civil Rights Movement. Economic reports show...
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST First in a series produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center. Farming has always been hard. It’s expensive, labor intensive and rarely includes days off. For Black Americans, it’s especially daunting as decades of racial...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com DURHAM – Candidates introduced themselves to the public at the Durham People’s Alliance’s candidate mixer at Motorco Music Hall Tuesday evening. The offices up for election are Durham County sheriff; clerk of superior court; district, superior...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – December 29 was the fourth day of Kwanzaa, dedicated to Ujamaa, or cooperative economics. It also was a historic day in North Carolina. Liberation Station, the state’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, reopened its doors...