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DOJ accuses Duke Law School of racial discrimination in admissions
The US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division is accusing the Duke University Law School of intentional racial discrimination in admissions from 2023 to 2025.
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Court rejects former Pitt Co. attorney’s racial discrimination suit
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a former Pitt County government attorney’s lawsuit blaming racial discrimination for his firing. The decision Wednesday upheld a trial judge’s ruling against Bryan Wardell.
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NAACP slams court rulings upholding NC voter ID, tax cap amendments
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP is urging the state’s second-highest court to overturn trial court decisions upholding two state constitutional amendments from 2018.
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NAACP appeals ruling upholding NC voter ID, tax cap amendments
The North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP is appealing a three-judge panel’s recent ruling upholding the state’s constitutional amendments on voter identification and the state income tax cap. Judges rejected in September the NAACP’s arguments that the voter-approved amendments were racially discriminatory.
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Federal Appeals Court rejects NC law creating crime for felon voting
A unanimous federal Appeals Court panel has rejected a North Carolina law that creates a felony crime for felons who vote in state elections. The decision Friday upholds a trial judge’s 2024 decision in the case.
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Judges uphold North Carolina’s voter ID, tax cap constitutional amendments
A bipartisan three-judge panel has upheld North Carolina’s 2018 state constitutional amendments guaranteeing photo identification for voters and lowering the state’s cap on income tax rates. It’s a case that prompted Carolina Journal’s “Extreme Injustice” podcast.
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Judge approves deal ending racial discrimination lawsuit against Asheville
A federal judge has signed an order ending a racial discrimination lawsuit challenging Asheville’s rules for serving on its Human Relations Commission. The order arrived a week after Asheville City Council voted to amend the commission’s membership and appointment criteria.
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Deal could end racial discrimination lawsuit challenging Asheville board
A federal lawsuit challenging the way Asheville chooses members of its Human Relations Commission could end with a deal. Parties in the case filed a proposed consent decree Friday.
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Feds order Duke University to address alleged racial discrimination
HHS demands Duke University cooperate with federal probe into widespread racial discrimination at Duke School of Medicine and other Duke Health entities.
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Top NC court will not take second look at Kinston racial discrimination claim
Two Kinston men who say the city condemned their properties in 2017 based on a racially discriminatory process will not get a second review of the case from the North Carolina Supreme Court. Two months after the high court ruled in favor of Joseph Askew and Curtis Washington in 2024, the state Appeals Court ruled against the two men.
Opinion
Asheville shouldn’t get away with racial preferences for key commission
If plaintiffs successfully challenge the commission selection process, Asheville will have to start evaluating applicants by their individual voice, not their race.
Opinion
Love transcends race, but not always in NC’s family courts
A heart-warming story out of North Carolina is making the rounds on national media channels. Peter Mutabazi lives in Charlotte now, but he once lived on the streets of Uganda as a child. Today he is a great dad to four adopted children. He takes joy in providing these children with the childhood he never...
