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Clyburn mobilizes voters in Greensboro

With only a week left until early voting begins in Greensboro, the Guilford County Democratic Party is working hard to mobilize and energize voters here and across the state.

Peacemaker Sports Director remembered at Fire Department Memorial Service

At the historic Green Hill Cemetery, families, friends and a contingent of uniformed Greensboro firefighters gathered on the hallowed grounds of the dedicated memorial established in 1924.

What does VP Harris’ Raleigh Economic message mean for Blacks?

The Biden Administration created 15 million new jobs, had the lowest Black unemployment rate in history, and secured approximately $100 billion in federal contracts for small disadvantaged and Black-owned businesses.
David Bass, political director, N.C. NAACP.

Greensboro hosts the 81st NAACP State Conference

According to information from the North Carolina NAACP, there are more than 120 branches, youth councils, and college chapters under the North Carolina State Conference of NAACP Branches.
Sports
A&T TE Anthony Rucker (#82) had two touchdowns against Richmond.

2024 A&T football mid-season report card

Mid-term grades are in for the 2024 A&T football team and just like their 1-5 record would suggest, plenty of work needs to be done if the Aggies hope to turn things around in the second half of the season.

The Carolina Cowboys were shutout in the shootout loss to the Kansas City Outlaws but still advance to the PBR Camping World Team Series Championship on Friday, Oct. 18.
The Carolina Cowboys were shutout in the shootout loss to the Kansas City Outlaws but still advance to the PBR Camping World Team Series Championship on Friday, Oct. 18.
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As A&T nears the midway point in what has been another disappointing season, the challenge of remaining hopeful and finding a pathway to success becomes more and more difficult.
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Southeast Guilford QB #10 Alexander Marsh drops back for a pass against Northern Guilford - Northern Guilford vs Southeast Guilford (2024 HS Football) - Photo by: Kevin L. Dorsey (Carolina Peacemaker)
It was a rainy Thursday evening to decide the pecking order for two Guilford County football teams as the Northern Guilford Nighthawks downed the Falcons of Southeast Guilford in a hard-fought match …
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NCA&TSU quarterback Kevin White (#0) prepares for a play at the line of scrimmage against the N.C. Central Eagles during the Aggie Eagle Classic in Durham.

Aggies search for answers after blowout loss to NCCU

Playing in front of a sold-out crowd at O’Kelly-Riddick Stadium and a national TV audience on ESPNU, A&T was thoroughly embarrassed in every phase by NCCU, 66-24.

Aggies pecked by Blue Hens, 42-13, face NCCU in Durham next

Emotions will be sky high this Saturday night when A&T travels up I-85 to face arch rival North Carolina Central in a series that has spanned over a century and sparked plenty of ill feelings.

Guilford blanks Greensboro, to retain ‘Soup Bowl’ for eighth-straight year

Dominating from the opening kick on Saturday afternoon, the defense of the Guilford College football team overwhelmed, setting the tone early and often in the 23rd annual Soup Bowl, forcing a quintet …

OT win over WSSU, Aggies face Delaware this week

It wasn’t the dominant, remove-all-doubt type of performance that the Aggies had hoped for, but their 27-20 overtime victory against an inspired Winston-Salem State team last Saturday may have …
Entertainment
Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan (second from left) joins officials in front of the coliseum’s jumbotron featuring the logo for the First Horizon Coliseum, the new name of the former Greensboro Coliseum Complex. L-R: Scott Johnson, general manager; Mayor Nancy Vaughan; Todd Williams, First Horizon’s Triad Market president; and Doug Higgons, Oak View Group Senior VP for Facilities, a venue management company that operates facilities around the United States.

First Horizon naming rights for former Greensboro Coliseum Complex

From now on, the Greensboro Coliseum Complex will be known as First Horizon Coliseum, under a “historic” first naming rights of the 65-year old landmark multipurpose sports, entertainment, exhibition and aquatic complex. 

In the 1990s, Dream Hampton (right), a music journalist, quizzed the hip-hop stars who went on to become legends.

Movie review: It Was All a Dream 

A sage has spoken. She’s Dream Hampton. She’s letting her doc do the talking, and it’s revealing hip hop’s secrets and moments that might never have seen the light of day. Dream is in the house. 
Native American drummers

Guilford Native American Association Pow Wow

Over three days, the Guilford Native American Association presented its 47th Annual Pow Wow (Sept. 20- 22) with thousands of people mingling among diverse vendors selling Native American apparel, …
The Piano Lesson cast and crew during opening night at Toronto International Film Festival.

The Piano Lesson wows crowds at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival 

The legacy of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson is being kept alive by Denzel Washington and his family. Their archives of his genius and plays are movie adaptations, e.g. Fences (2016) …
Columnists

Preparing to Vote

There is now just one month to go until Election Day in the United States, and in some states early voting and mail-in voting has already begun. In others, deadlines to register to vote or make sure …

Maternal Mortality

As a board-certified anesthesiologist with more than 29 years of experience, I have dedicated my career to safeguarding lives. In recent years, however, I have witnessed a terrifying shift in our …

Trump and Vance continue trafficking racist lies about immigrants

“These kind of anti-Black propaganda narratives that the ‘savages are coming to destroy and eat your family’ are really part of the same playbook that goes back hundreds of years. …

Lessons after September 11

As the nation and world commemorate the anniversary of September 11, I remember again that it was a gloriously beautiful morning in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 11, 2001. I saw a glimpse of Dr. …
Education

James R. Martin ll takes the helm as A&T Chancellor

Kimberly Gatling, Esq. (’96), chairperson of the N.C. A&T Board of Trustees, takes a selfie with new A&T Chancellor James Martin II.
Thunderous applause welcomed James R. Martin II, the new chancellor of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, at the annual Faculty/Staff Institute preceding the beginning of the …
Speaking with students at Governor School West, Greensboro College, N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper, left, joined Greensboro College President Lawrence D. Czarda and U.S. Rep. Kathy Manning.
The Governor attended the Governor’s School West at Greensboro College. Visiting several classrooms and speaking to an assembly of nearly 400 of the state’s top academic students, N.C. …
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A&T Chancellor Harold L. Martin Sr. with distinguished alumni Shirley and Henry Frye in front of Henry E. and Shirley T. Frye Hall named in honor of the Fryes on the campus of N.C. A&T State University.
The Fryes, who met while undergraduates at N.C. A&T, graduated from the university in 1953 and married in 1956.
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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University announced, on June 21, its 13th chancellor will be Dr. James R. Martin II.
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Healthy living
In the latest data on U.S. cancer statistics (2021), there were 272,454 new breast cancer cases reported in this country.
Mammograms save lives
In the latest data on U.S. cancer statistics (2021), there were 272,454 new breast cancer cases reported in this country.
Researchers have determined that GLP-1 medications have more benefits than simply weight loss.
The benefits of GLP-1 medications
Researchers have determined that GLP-1 medications have more benefits than simply weight loss.
There is no doubt that pets can be good for people, but people also need to be good pet owners.
Pets are good for your health, but they need good care
One of the joys that many people have is owning and caring for their pets. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) says that an amazing 68 percent of households in the United States own pets. Of …
Proper oral hygiene is a gateway to good health
So many times, when we look at a person, the first thing we may notice is their wonderful smile. Each smile is unique to each person and may show a little aspect of their personality. However, …
For years, the public was told that having one to two drinks of alcohol a day was okay and might even be good. This idea is now in question.
Any amount of alcohol may harm one’s health
For years, the public was told that having one to two drinks of alcohol a day was okay and might even be good. This idea is now in question.