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The kids don’t understand the racial history of America, not fully. What six-year-old could metabolize it? But its present is never far from their minds. Knowledge is power. Educate kids, and they will fight for their freedom.
As Charlotte, North Carolina has grown rapidly, its schools have become the most racially and socio-economically segregated schools in the United States.
With new attention on racial inequality in policing and police violence, America is wondering how its police forces should change and what they should become.... But where did police come from in the first place?
Black Mountain College produced some of the most famous poets and artists of the 20th century. Today, as tuition rises nationally, and state universities consider sweeping reforms, & the tale of Black Mountain's life grows increasingly relevant.
Have two grassroots fights against Duke Energy's political control in North Carolina dented the largest electric utility in the country?
Beyoncé gave us a timely reminder that our emancipation doesn't have to fit others’ equation.
We know that progressive Southerners need allies from beyond the region, but we need those allies to actually support our struggles, instead of merely advertising their own noble opposition to flagrantly unjust laws.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools are in the midst of a contentious student assignment process: One that gets at the metropolitan area's long history of school segregation, integration, and recent resegregation.
Matthew McCain suffered a seizure in his cell at the Durham County Detention Facility...Inmates in his pod yelled for help and repeatedly pressed emergency call buttons but...these calls were unanswered by the officer on duty.