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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin has announced her plans to resign from her post as “America’s doctor” in July. During her four-year tenure, Benjamin focused her attention on disease prevention and the promotion of healthy lifestyles, particularly among minorities; and, like many other surgeon generals, preached on the ills of smoking. “I loved serving

Widow works to preserve Evers’ civil rights legacy

Saturday, June 15, 2013

JACKSON, Miss. — Myrlie Evers-Williams acknowledges it would be easy to remain mired in bitterness and anger, 50 years after a sniper’s bullet made her a widow. Instead, she’s determined to celebrate the legacy of her first husband, Medgar Evers, a civil rights figure often overshadowed by peers such as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and

‘Jack of all trades’ wins father of the year

Thursday, June 13, 2013

KNIGHTDALE – Affectionately known as “Mr. D” to the kids in his neighborhood, Darryl Blevins is The Triangle Tribune’s 2013 Father of the Year. “We do what we do as fathers, not because we want the recognition, but it’s nice that somebody would see the effort that you put in trying to be a good father, a good role model and someone who believes in putting

Barbecue owner that lost business still adrift

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Bruce Patterson only needs to glance out the kitchen window of his late mother’s home to see the life he once had. Within view are the home and barbecue restaurant he built on a piecemeal basis on this rural Kinston area road that carries his family name. Both are now shuttered and closed, taken in 2006 when former state Rep. Stephen LaRoque initiated

Thursday, June 13, 2013

WASHINGTON – The condescending, lecturer-in-chief rhetoric that President Obama reserves for black audiences is beginning to irritate an increasing number of African-Americans, his most loyal voting bloc. Through intermittent rain, President Obama implored Morehouse College graduates to commit to being fathers and stewards of the

Rice moved from U.N. to White House

Sunday, June 9, 2013

President Obama on June 5 named “trusted adviser” Susan Rice as his national security adviser, defying Republican critics who had decried her handling of the attack on a U.S. embassy in Libya that left four Americans dead. Rice will replace Tom Donilon who retires July 1. Obama will also nominate Samantha Power, a Harvard professor, Pulitzer

Va. restores voting rights for non-violent felons

Friday, June 7, 2013

Starting July 15, nonviolent felons in Virginia will have their voting rights automatically restored upon completion of all the terms of their sentence, Gov. Bob McDonnell announced May 29. The automatic renewal will be decided on an individual basis and will be available only for those who have completed their sentence, probation or parole, paid all fines,

Senate budget slashes funding for school bus replacement

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Most weekday mornings during the school year, more than 13,000 school buses travel North Carolina roads to transport 790,000 students to school. According to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, school buses contribute considerable cost savings to the state. Buses keep 17.3 million cars off the roads surrounding schools every morning, which helps to

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