AltWeeklies Wire
Forsyth County DA Challenged on Racial Justice Stancenew
The Ministers Conference of Winston-Salem and Vicinity have increased pressure on Forsyth County District Attorney Jim O’Neill to disavow a Nov. 14 letter which urges N.C. state legislators to support Senate Bill 9, which critics say amounts to a repeal of the Racial Justice Act.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
01-18-2012 |
Race & Class
Occupy Winston-Salem rejects open-air public meetings proposalnew
Winston-Salem City Councilman Dan Besse met with about 40 members of Occupy Winston- Salem on the front steps of City Hall on Monday afternoon to discuss his proposed amendments to city ordinances dealing with open-air public meetings.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
01-04-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, occupy winston-salem
Rewriting the Racial Justice Act
Supporters of a proposed North Carolina Senate call it a rewriting of the Racial Justice Act. Passed by the N.C. General Assembly in 2009, the Racial Justice Act sought to ensure that "no person shall be subject to or given a sentence of death or shall be executed pursuant to any judgment that was sought or obtained on the basis of race."
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-07-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: racial bias, racial justice act
Occupy Winston-Salem Negotiates With City Over Campsite
Occupy Winston-Salem members met with Assistant City Manager Greg Turner on the eve of Thanksgiving to discuss possible sites for a campsite.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
11-30-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Winston-Salem
Equal Protection?new
Immigrant advocacy groups claim N.C. courts inaccessible to non-English speaking residents.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
07-06-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Green Queen Bingo Hits its Stride While Supporting Greensboro's LGBT Communitynew
Unity has long been the mission of the Guilford Green Foundation, Canada says, and gay bingo has helped bring together the gay and straight communities for many years.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
04-21-2011 |
LGBT
North Carolina Nonprofits Mobilize to Fight Potential Budget Cutsnew
Dozens of nonprofits in Forsyth County are waiting to see what cuts to state agencies and nonprofits receiving state funds will be made by the North Carolina General Assembly as legislators wrestle with a $2.4 billion budget deficit.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
04-07-2011 |
Policy Issues
Forsyth Budget Forum Focuses on Potential Cuts in Educationnew
A budget forum hosted by three members of the Forsyth County delegation to the N.C. General Assembly rapidly evolved into a rally for citizens opposed to potential cuts in public education and a number of other state-supported programs currently on the chopping block.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
03-25-2011 |
Policy Issues
Tags: Winston-Salem, Forsyth
Nonprofits Feel The Pinch As Holidays Approachnew
North Carolina ranks in the bottom 10 states nationally with regard to children under 18 going hungry, and along with Louisiana, leads the nation in percentage of children from birth to 5 years old that suffer from hunger on a regular basis.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
11-18-2010 |
Homelessness
AlcoaSaga Part 3new
Alcoa's record of environmental stewardship inflames passions of its opponents.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
11-12-2010 |
Environment
