On Wednesday the Durham Board of Education voted 6-1 to close schools on May 16 as over 1,000 faculty members are expected to take the day off to lobby for better pay.  Teachers are expected to call out of work that day for the the March for Students and Rally for Respect, where they’ll make their way […]

Due to North Carolina’s controversial House Bill 2, which requires that people use public bathrooms corresponding to their birth gender and excludes the LGBT community from non-discrimination protections, the NBA is pulling the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte. The NBA released a statement which reads in part, “Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and […]

On Tuesday Michelle Medley and Sheilah Sutton were elected to two open seats on the Rolesville Board of Commissioners, becoming the first black elected officials in the fast-growing town.  Medley said “Although there was diversity in the town of Rolesville with the administration, it was mostly gender-based. Now, it’s race-based as well. Other people can […]