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Download Greater Diversity News 12-01-16
Greater Diversity News (GDN) is a statewide publication with national reach and relevance. We are a chosen news source for underrepresented and underserved communities in North Carolina. GDN and our companion website focuses on issues and opportunities important to Historically Underutilized Businesses
Read MoreAlternative Financing Provides a Needed Lending Solution for Minority Business Owners
Minority business owners continue to face challenges when applying for loans from traditional banks and lenders, but entrepreneurs should consider alternative financing as a primary lending source. This is a much easier way to secure funds without facing race-based discrimination
Read MoreAmerica Says Goodbye to the First Lady and ‘Mom-in-Chief’
As she prepares to leave the White House, first lady and self-titled “mom-in-chief” Michelle Obama remains popular. Indeed, Obama was one of Hillary Clinton’s most powerful advocates during Clinton’s historic but ultimately unsuccessful presidential campaign. From Obama’s speech at the
Read MoreWhy Are America’s Labor Unions About to Die
I’ve written before on how the decline of organized labor beginning in the late 1970s gave birth to the backlash that fueled Donald Trump’s election. Labor’s deterioration weakened worker protections, kept wages stagnant and caused income inequality to soar to
Read MoreThe Disturbing Connection Between Bullying and Sexual Harassment
Over the past two decades, the national media has given considerable attention to disturbing stories of youth suicides that have resulted in part from bullying. The subject of bullying has also been a plot line in movies such as “Bully”
Read MoreMisinformation on Social Media: Can Technology Save Us?
If you get your news from social media, as most Americans do, you are exposed to a daily dose of hoaxes, rumors, conspiracy theories and misleading news. When it’s all mixed in with reliable information from honest sources, the truth
Read MoreHistory Made in the Town of Weldon
The Weldon Town of Commissioners recently voted to appoint Katherine Parker as the new Director of Administrative Services (Town Clerk). Ms. Katherine Parker is the first African American to be hired in this position for the town. A Weldon native,
Read MoreFacebook’s “Ethnic Affinities” Is Digital Racism and It’s Time to End It
Racism is a malignant, powerful, and harmful reality for millions of persons of color throughout the world. Here, inside the United States, racism is institutionalized and we have the evidence that this dreadful, racially discriminatory system of oppression now has
Read MoreThe Sampson-Duplin Spotlight for December 2016
Download The Sampson-Duplin Spotlight (The Spotlight), a monthly publication for Northeastern, N.C. Thanks to the help and support from area churches, businesses, political and community leaders. The Spotlight and GDN is distributed through local churches and businesses and is available free of charge. The ever growing
Read MoreBertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford and Northampton Spotlight, December 2016
Download The Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford and Northampton Spotlight (The Spotlight), a monthly publication for northeastern, N.C. Thanks to the help and support from area churches, businesses, political and community leaders. Church, business, political and community leaders are playing an instrumental role in
Read MoreDespite Progress, Colorectal Cancer Claims Thousands of Black Lives
Few diseases cause as much pain and suffering as cancer. While survivors, activists, policymakers and healthcare professionals have been successful in raising awareness for some types of cancer, others are not as high profile. Among them: colorectal cancer, the second
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Moving Forward: The Sampson-Duplin Spotlight
The Sampson-Duplin Spotlight made a quiet entry into Sampson and Duplin Counties with its October publication. By doing so, it became the first publication in the counties to publish news from a Black perspective. The community support of the Spotlight
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