Race

About 100 college students in Winston-Salem are teaming up to work with children for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Read-In event this weekend. 

Lawyers for a man wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for 44 years say he's reached a $25 million combined settlement with a central North Carolina city and the state of North Carolina. The settlement was announced Tuesday by attorneys for Ronnie Long and the city of Concord. I

North Carolina voting-rights advocates have sued to overturn redistricting plans drawn by Republicans for the 2024 elections, saying legislative leaders unlawfully weakened the electoral influence of Black voters.

A new study out of High Point examines racial disparities in the city and provides recommendations to help the community improve.

The Spatial Justice Studio in Winston-Salem has selected its 2023-2024 community fellows. They will study a host of local issues from health care access to green spaces.

A lawsuit filed Monday in North Carolina alleges newly adopted district boundaries for the state Senate divide a cluster of predominantly Black counties in the northeast corner of the state in a way that unfairly dilutes the voting power of Black residents.

High Point City Council approved adopting a reparations report that outlines po

A man who claimed innocence in connection with a 1995 brutal assault in Winston-Salem has died. Kalvin Michael Smith was at the center of a racially divisive case that was one of the region’s most prominent allegations of wrongful conviction. 

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines and the city council will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony this Saturday to celebrate the completion of Bethania Freedman's Park.

Civil rights advocates and Democratic state legislators defended and praised Wednesday a state Supreme Court justice for suing this week to block a state ethics panel from investigating her public