NC REPUBLICANS VOW TO FIGHT US DOJ OVER VOTER LAWS
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and PETE YOST FILE – In a June 30, 1982 file photo, President Ronald Reagan signs an expansion of the 1965 Voting Rights Bill during a ceremony…
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SOUTHERN STATES ARE MOVING TO TIGHTEN VOTING RULES
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – This June 25, 2013, file photo shows representatives from the NAACP Legal Defense Fund standing outside the Supreme Court in Washington, awaiting a decision…
The Bondwoman’s Narrative
Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its own right. Few events…
FEARS ABOUT FALLOUT FROM GOP DIVIDE WITH TEA PARTY
By BILL BARROW FILE – In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, Tea Party Express Chairwoman Amy Kremer, speaks in Charleston, S.C.,, businessman Richard Cash listens. Cash is running against…
DC FIRE DEPT. STRAINS TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY CARE
FILE – In this Dec. 16, 2010, file photo, Kenneth Ellerbe Washington then-Washington Mayor-Elect Vince Gray’s nominee for Chief of Fire and Emergency Medical Services, center, talks as fellow nominees,…
OFFICIALS: OBAMA NAMING NC’S WATT FOR HOUSING POST
By JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Sept. 2012 file photo, Rep. Melvin Watt of North Carolina addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012.…
OBAMA TO TAP CHARLOTTE MAYOR TO RUN TRANSPORTATION
By JULIE PACE FILE – In this Sept. 4, 2012 file photo, Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. President Barack Obama on Monday will…
$600M PONZI SCHEME INCUBATED IN SMALL NC TOWN
By MITCH WEISS In this Feb. 28, 2013 photo, Sarah Chavez, center, sits with her son Bidal, right, and daughter Sarahi, front, at her home in Lexington, N.C. Desperate to…