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Aug 21, 20192 min read

St. Aug's throwing a shindig to honor longtime prez, Prezell Robinson.

When people go to St. Augustine's University, they tend to make it a family affair. Earlier this week, I spoke with Edna Stroud, a...

Aug 21, 20193 min read

We're finding out that plastic ain't so fantastic after all.

Wait a minute. You mean I wasn't crazy after all? Decades ago, living in Atlanta as a 21-year-old hapless hayseed from Rockingham, I -...

Aug 8, 20192 min read

Don't tie your worth to your net worth.

Dear Dr. Smith, I lost my job recently and now we're living off my wife's salary. Although she is well-paid, it's a struggle running a...

Aug 5, 20194 min read

A rainbow coalition road crew saved the day for me, could do the same for America.

Man, oh man. How I wish President Trump and Patrick Crusius had been riding with me last Friday. - Said no one, ever. Until now. Because,...

Jul 29, 20193 min read

Was it something we said, Bernie, that makes you want to leave us?

And I thought we were getting along so well. Like most of you, I'm a chauvinistic cheerleader for North Carolina, especially for the...

Jul 25, 20194 min read

Pair brews up not just beer, but economic independence, empowerment

Celeste Beatty loves danger. You can tell not only from the way she spends her free time, but also from the way she picked the last two...

Jul 10, 20194 min read

Phil Freelon: A tribute

Correction: In an earlier version of this story, we misidentified Lew Myers as an architect. Myers was Director of Business Development...

Jul 8, 20193 min read

When you go in for a latte, but get a lotta attitude instead.

Your humble correspondent here has started two businesses and seen both go belly up, so he knows the importance of having a business plan...

Jun 21, 20194 min read

Why I ain't Gonna Bump No Mo' in the Dominican Republic.

Until you do right by me, everything you think about is going to crumble... Celie in The Color Purple Don't you just hate to kick a...