By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Raleigh’s historical Black communities of Idlewild, Tarboro Road and College Park are significant to North Carolina’s history. These communities in Southeast Raleigh are home to trailblazers. This year’s 36th annual Black History Month Celebration...
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Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST Kwamé Ryan is literally and figuratively on top of the opera world. Ryan, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s music director, reached the pinnacle of his profession last week when he earned a Grammy Award for best...
By Kylie Marsh Kylie.marsh@triangletribune.com RALEIGH – Housing affordability, health care accessibility and workforce development are key for Wake County legislators. The 11 elected officials of the North Carolina General Assembly spoke at the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Elected Officials...
Herbert L. White THE CHARLOTTE POST A Charlotte environmental advocacy group is challenging Trump administration exemptions of a cancer-causing chemical used to sterilize medical devices. CleanAIRE NC is among the plaintiffs represented suing to block the waiver of 2024 Environmental...
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...
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...