The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is recommending limits on consumption of certain freshwater fish from the middle and lower Cape Fear River based on concerns about exposure to PFOS found in fish sampled.
In Eastern and Central North Carolina, Black, Native, and non-white Hispanic rural and suburban communities are more likely to live within a 3-mile radius of a hog farm than their white counterparts.
October marks Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the ways that domestic violence has impacted our communities. This month, we recognize and honor the survivors of domestic violence and come together as a community to commit to ending relationship violence.
Senate Bill 747 places undue burdens on college-aged voters by severely limiting same-day registration and increasing the risk of disenfranchisement.
Environmental Justice continues to be a challenge in North Carolina. Bills like HB 600 and SB 678 are pivotal in why communities continually face EJ issues.
The Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly has passed by override vote of Governor Roy Cooper’s veto Senate Bill 747 and Senate Bill 749, which is yet another attempt to undermine fair elections in the state.
Green spaces play an important role in mitigating harmful environmental impacts and can also help to make low-income neighborhoods less vulnerable to climate and health risks by lowering temperature, improving air quality, and mitigating flooding.
In September, the North Carolina Black Alliance hosted the second annual Black Women in Leadership Luncheon on the campus of Shaw University.
The North Carolina Black Alliance and Advance Carolina are deeply disappointed in the final budget, as it fails to truly provide what North Carolinians, especially our Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian American, and Pacific Islander, low-income, and other marginalized communities actually need.
The NC Black Alliance stands in solidarity with Justice Anita Earls to publicly speak on her experiences of racism and sexism without retribution from her white colleagues.