“For nearly three decades, North Carolina required law enforcement officers and agencies to record information about traffic stops, searches, arrests and uses of force, creating a database that allowed the public to examine racial disparities involving individual officers and departments. That requirement ended July 1, when the General Assembly quietly
Happy Pride! Loved being at Out! Raleigh this afternoon.
This is why Juneteenth is so important. Freedom must endure. “Weeks after the Civil War’s guns fell silent and barely two months after President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas. They had come to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, an order freeing enslaved people in seceded Confederate states.
The Hartwell Pride Market is always a favorite during Pride Month. It was great to stop by today. Happy Pride!
Honored to be endorsed by Equality NC. I have spent my career fighting for equality, justice, and progress, and I will always be a champion for the LGBTQ+ community. Happy Pride Month!
Honored to celebrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with so many friends last night, recognizing the resilience, achievements, and incredible impact of the AANHPI community.
Today’s Supreme Court decision is a devastating blow. Justice Kagan’s dissent says it all: “The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—‘one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation’s history,’” she wrote. “It was born of the literal blood of
Everyone has the power to use their First Amendment rights. Learn more in The News & Observer article, Raleigh seniors stage their own ‘No Kings’ rally, saying, ‘We’re old, we’re bold.’
Proud to join the Stand Up for Science virtual rally with Speaker Emerita Pelosi, AOC, and over 5,000 others saying #NoKings.
This month and every month, we celebrate Black history. We must remain committed to building a future rooted in equal justice and opportunity for all. I hope you’ll find an event or exhibit near you to attend this month. Find things to do and see this month via RaleighNC.gov.