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The Voter-Roll Purge Question: Could a New Federal Database Remove Eligible Voters Before November 3?
By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 9, 2026 With Election Day less than two months away, a major battle over who gets checked—and potentially challenged—on America’s voter rolls has
If North Carolina Eliminated HUB, Who Will Make Sure Small Businesses Still Get Through the Door?
By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 9, 2026 North Carolina has abolished its Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses. But eliminating the office does not eliminate the underlying problem it
The Turnout Math: How Many Black Votes Could Determine NC-01?
By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 7, 2026 North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District may be decided by thousands of votes. That makes turnout more than a campaign slogan. In
After SFFA: How the Affirmative Action Decision Spread Beyond College Admissions
By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 7, 2026 When the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard and the University of North Carolina in June 2023, the
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 Is Back: How Section 1981 Became a Weapon Against DEI
By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 5, 2026 A civil-rights law born in the aftermath of slavery has become one of the most powerful legal weapons being used against
Ames v. Ohio: Why the Supreme Court Made “Reverse Discrimination” Claims Easier
By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 5, 2026 The Supreme Court has made it easier for employees from majority groups to bring discrimination claims—and the decision could have important
The Black Belt vs. the Coast: The Counties That Could Decide NC-01
North Carolina’s redrawn 1st Congressional District now pits the historic Black Belt against an expanded group of Republican-leaning coastal counties, with several battleground counties likely to help determine the outcome

The Voter-Roll Purge Question: Could a New Federal Database Remove Eligible Voters Before November 3?

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 9, 2026 With Election Day less than two months away, a major battle

If North Carolina Eliminated HUB, Who Will Make Sure Small Businesses Still Get Through the Door?

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 9, 2026 North Carolina has abolished its Office for Historically Underutilized Businesses. But

The Turnout Math: How Many Black Votes Could Determine NC-01?

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 7, 2026 North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District may be decided by thousands of

After SFFA: How the Affirmative Action Decision Spread Beyond College Admissions

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 7, 2026 When the Supreme Court struck down race-conscious admissions practices at Harvard

Ames v. Ohio: Why the Supreme Court Made “Reverse Discrimination” Claims Easier

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 5, 2026 The Supreme Court has made it easier for employees from majority

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 Is Back: How Section 1981 Became a Weapon Against DEI

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 5, 2026 A civil-rights law born in the aftermath of slavery has become

The Black Belt vs. the Coast: The Counties That Could Decide NC-01

North Carolina’s redrawn 1st Congressional District now pits the historic Black Belt against an expanded group of Republican-leaning coastal counties,

DEI Is Not Illegal: What the Courts Are Actually Saying

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance September 2, 2026 The national debate over diversity, equity and inclusion has moved far

What the New NC-01 Map Changed—and Why It Matters to Black Voters

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance August 31, 2026 For more than three decades, North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has

From Jobs and Freedom to Defend the Vote: What Changed in 63 Years?

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance August 31, 2026 Sixty-three years after hundreds of thousands of Americans gathered at the

The District That Restored Black Power: From Eva Clayton to Don Davis

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance Dated: August 26, 2026 For more than three decades, North Carolina’s 1st Congressional District

Seabreeze: A Legacy in Partnership with Black Arts Alliance & Cucalorus Presents

An Evening at Seabreeze Dated: August 26, 2026 Sunday, Sept. 13th, 2026, will be an evening full of live

North Carolina’s 2026 election season is already producing a familiar fight over voting access.

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance Dated: August 25, 2026 On August 20, 2026, the Republican-controlled North Carolina State Board

Black Elected Officials Increased. Did Black Economic Power Keep Pace?

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance Dated: August 25, 2026 North Carolina’s Black political progress since the Voting Rights Act

1965: The Law That Reopened the Ballot Box

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance For Black North Carolinians, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was more than a

The Institutions That Built Black North Carolina

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance Dated: August 21, 2026 Black progress in North Carolina has never been the work

The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act: From Selma to the Supreme Court

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance August 18, 2026 For much of American history, the right to vote existed for

After HUB: What North Carolina Public Bodies Can Still Do for Black Businesses

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance North Carolina’s retreat from minority-business policy did not stop with the elimination of the

The HUB Office Is Gone. Are North Carolina’s Black Mayors the Next Line of Economic Defense?

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance August 17, 2026 North Carolina has already made one major decision about economic inclusion:

Joy Is Infrastructure: What the Southern Black Girls Tour Can Teach Us About Building Black Power

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance August 17, 2026 What if joy is not simply the reward for winning justice—but

What Comes After DEI? From Institutional Inclusion to Black Economic Power

By Peter Grear, with AI assistance August 14, 2026 For decades, much of Black economic strategy in America has focused

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