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What Does Lead-Tainted Water Have to Do With Teen Delinquency in NC? A Lot, New Study Finds.

The risk isn’t borne equally. Black children living below the poverty line are twice as likely to have elevated lead levels thanks to polluted wells. 
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BREAKING: NC Supreme Court Strikes Down North Carolina’s Election Maps

The court’s decision means the Republican-led legislature will have to redraw more even-handed maps for the upcoming 2022 elections.
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‘I’m Tired of Being Terrorized Like My Grandparents’: HBCU Bomb Threats Echo Civil Rights Attacks

Coinciding with Black History Month, the offenses echo racist attacks from the Civil Rights era and are being investigated as hate crimes.
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Lots of New Jobs Across the Country, But Rural North Carolina Lags

Americans saw a big jump in new jobs in January, but gaps for Black and rural North Carolinians persist.  
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Army Prepares to Kick Out COVID-19 Vaccine Refusers

Roughly 97% of all Army soldiers are at least partially vaccinated. But the military service has issued official reprimands to more than 3,000 soldiers, who amid the rising Covid cases, could pose a health risk to the rest of the force.
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NC Legislature Shortchanged A&T, the Nation’s Biggest HBCU, by Billions

Public HBCUs across the nation and North Carolina have gone decades without equal levels of funding. The bill due is jaw-dropping.