NC General Assembly

Oct 24, 2018

Jim Crow, Is That You?

Yesenia Jones | Staff Writer This year’s midterm elections have brought forth multiple proposed amendments for our state’s constitution; however, the proposal for a voter ID requirement could potentially be the most harmful for people of color. The exact language on sample ballots reads as follows: “Constitutional amendment to require voters to provide photo identification…

Sep 13, 2018

Raleigh’s Turn: Why Our Confederate Statues Must Come Down

Anna Carlson | Correspondent Just after the one-year anniversary of the fall of Durham’s Confederate statue, a group of students and activists of the Chapel Hill community brought down the infamous Silent Sam statue—bringing the ongoing national conversation around the more than 1,500 existing Confederate memorials spread across the country to North Carolina once again.…

Jan 20, 2018

UNC System Free Speech Policy Passed

NC State students fill the Talley Student Union atrium on Sept. 23 for a “die-in” as a form of nonviolent protesting. Students laid down and filled the floor to represent those who have been unfairly murdered. Carl Hintz | Correspondent Erin Elliot | Correspondent The University of North Carolina’s Board of Governors adopted Policy 1300.8 on December…

May 21, 2014

N.C. NAACP led Moral Monday resumes in Raleigh

Chris Hart-Williams | Editor-in-Chief  @CHartWilliams Once again N.C. NAACP President Rev. William Barber led several social justice groups and hundreds of participants in what has been dubbed Moral Monday.Since the 2013 N.C. legislative sessions demonstrators have organized for the grassroots movement .The series of protests last year drew media attention statewide and nationally.On Monday, in…