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The searing images of Neo-Nazis and white supremacists battling on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia, with counter-protesters on Saturday, culminating in the tragic murder of a young white woman when a car driven by an alleged Nazi sympathizer slammed into an unsuspecting crowd, are still in the minds and hearts of most African-Americans almost a week later.
At Moore Place north of uptown Tuesday, local leaders gathered to talk about possible solutions to what's become a major theme in Charlotte politics: Affordable housing and the lack thereof, as the city's boom continues.
Unconvinced federal authorities will call out white nationalism, Charlotte's social and political leaders are taking up the cause.
At a Monday press conference at Little Rock AME Zion Church, civil rights, community and clerical activists took turns condemning violence in Charlottesville, Virginia that resulted in the deaths of three people. Neo-Nazi, "alt-right" and white nationalist groups clashed with counter-protesters during a "Unite the Right" parade in Charlottesville's downtown.
WASHINGTON — With great fanfare, President Donald Trump vowed to outdo former President Barack Obama in supporting the nation's historically black colleges when he signed an executive order in February to place oversight of the schools directly in the White House.
Six months later, the school's leaders are still waiting for results.
Black college and university leaders are raising serious questions about how Trump, who won 8 percent of the African-American vote last year, is dealing with their communities' concerns.
Jean Busby had no idea dehydration could be so expensive.
After feeling dizzy and thirsty during a rally at the state capitol, the Charlotte resident was rushed to a Raleigh hospital, where she learned the hard truth about health insurance.
U.S. Rep. Alma Adams said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's tough words about North Korea "probably added some fuel to the fire."
On Tuesday Trump said North Korea's nuclear threats would be "met with fire and fury and frankly power, the likes of which this world has never seen before."
"I'm not sure if that was the right thing to say," Adams said. "I think it probably added some fuel to the fire… I hope this whole thing with North Korea is not an ego thing for him."
Just hours after Senate Republicans failed to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act — seemingly ending a dogged legislative effort — members of the North Carolina congressional delegation were pushing for a new attempt.
"Obamacare repeal is not optional — American families are hurting. It's on Congress to keep working until we deliver on our promise," said Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, leader of the House Freedom Caucus.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Johnson C. Smith University and other local colleges are millions of dollars in debt to the federal government, according to a new report that says the problem is affecting many historically black colleges.
Many of the colleges were banking on their enrollment going up over time, which would have increased revenue and their ability to pay off federal loans, but that hasn't been the case.
As congressional Republicans try to pass an unpopular plan that would roll back the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and cause an estimated 22 million Americans to lose their health insurance, a House bill to expand the publicly-funded Medicare program from just senior citizens to every American is picking up record support -- and not just amon
WASHINGTON, D.C. Senate Republican leaders released on Thursday a revised plan to dismantle the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but it drew criticism from senators on both sides of the political divide within the Republican party, indicating a treacherous path for the bill. The bill played to the party's disparate factions by letting insurers sell cheap, bare-bones policies while retaining taxes on the wealthy. But the immediate outcry illustrated the difficult political terrain that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) must navigate.