We can no longer ignore the unique and distinct racism faced by Asian Americans. Progress involves recognizing implicit biases, educating ourselves and, most importantly, pressuring our legislators to enact meaningful change.
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“These are my people and my country that are dying,” Gan Poo, a Burmese-American who participated in the March 6 Chapel Hill protest, said. “My family is back there, and we want to help save them.”
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Since vaccinations have become available, Orange County BOCC Chairperson Renne Price said the county has been doing everything in its power to continue supporting racial equity. But some community members don't think vaccinations in Orange County are as equitable as they could be.
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"Shaw Rising" tells the story of Shaw University’s history, the first historically Black university in the South. The film premiered on UNC-TV on February 26, 2020, and won a regional Midsouth Emmy in the Documentary/Historical category on February 26, 2021.
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The National Weather Service is warning of severe storms across central North Carolina on Thursday afternoon. Here's what you need to know.
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The Daily Tar Heel sat down with UNC epidemiology professor Jim Thomas to reflect on the past year of ethical dilemmas under COVID-19 and how institutions and individuals can make better decisions as vaccines become more widely available.
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If both bills are passed, local government could publish legal notices online instead of requiring them to be printed in newspapers.
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Approximately 5,000 residential units in Orange County are not adequately serve with broadband, Jim Northrup, chief information officer for the county, said. Orange County Commissioner Earl McKee was concerned that these internet access issues were amplified due to COVID-19. So he petitioned to start the Orange County Broadband Task Force, which held its first meeting on March 3.
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As part of the campaign, NC CRED will create and maintain a website to provide information on confederate monuments in the state, work in coalitions to empower local communities to remove monuments through legislation and compile an accurate history of these monuments.
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Though violence against Asian Americans has risen particularly in major U.S. cities, community members say anti-Asian racism is not new — and that there is much work that needs to be done to address it.
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Since last March, the state’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has come through a mixture of executive orders and comprehensive relief legislation. Here’s a look back at how it all happened.
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Since North Carolina started its vaccine rollout in December 2020, nearly 1 million residents have received their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. But while the promise of a return to a pre-pandemic life has offered respite for some, it has outlined a competitive and confusing pecking order for others.
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The bill, also known as the Police Funding Protection Act, states any North Carolina city that reduces funds for law enforcement agencies by more than one percent of the city's annual budget will receive an equivalent reduction in state funding.
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The legal settlement ensures the early release of 3,500 people over the next six months, 1,500 of whom will be released over the next three months. The agreement also maintains many existing COVID mitigation efforts and calls for an anonymous complaint system.
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N.C. legislators filed a bill on Feb. 10 to make Holocaust and genocide education mandatory for public schools, but Durham minister and activist Paul Scott is demanding the bill also include Black history.
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Research from the Center for American Progress shows undocumented immigrants are more likely to work essential jobs in the United States, with an estimated 5 million of them in the workforce. Katherine Ward, a community organizer for Refugee Community Partnership, said vaccinating immigrants is especially important because they have fewer opportunities to receive federal or state aid if they were to lose their jobs or stop working due to the virus. “It is my hope and my prayer that (the vaccine) will make a difference in the lives and homes and the neighborhoods where immigrants and refugees live,” Edgar Vergara, a pastor in Durham who oversees La Semilla, said.
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Every 10 years, district lines are redrawn in North Carolina based on census data to maximize the accuracy of political representation in districts. But this year, the U.S. Census Bureau announced there will be a six-month delay to the distribution of population data due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The bill has even sparked firm opposition from Orange County's own representatives.
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North Carolina will start vaccinating school and childcare workers on Feb. 24 as the state enters Group 3 of its vaccine distribution plan.
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For the first time since March, bars in North Carolina will be able to open indoors. Cooper announced this and an ease in many other COVID-19 restrictions at a Wednesday news briefing.
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