Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio’s $2.1 billion proposed budget projects increased property and sales tax revenues without rate increases in the coming fiscal year. The

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“Racial inequity shows up in every dimension of health care,” says Neel Shah, an assistant professor in obstetrics and gynecology at Harvard Medical School and

A Black ex-employee of Tesla has decided to reject a $15 million payout for a racial discrimination lawsuit he levied against the company in 2017. Owen Diaz, who worked

The House approved a bipartisan gun deal Friday, all but cementing the biggest reform package passed by Congress in nearly 30 years.  Legislation first crafted and passed

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Juneteenth is a day when generations of Black Americans have come together to celebrate freedom from chattel slavery. It’s a day that, until recently, was

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Canceling student-loan debt will vastly improve Black student debtors’ lives and address the yawning racial wealth gap, a new report says. The report authored by