North Carolina News : Most N.C. cities don’t lean left or right

“The most liberal cities tended to be those with the largest African-American population or college towns. The most conservative cities tended to be those with large white populations located either in the South or in the interior West.” (more…)

Controversial group targets Charlotte area with push to sterilize

An RV painted with a picture of a crying baby sits on Main Street in this small town, advertising an unusual offer for drug addicts: Get sterilized and get $200.

It’s one of the newest attention-grabbers Barbara Harris is using in her crusade to end the plague of “crack babies.”

For nearly a decade, her organization, Project Prevention, has gained national attention by offering $200 to drug addicts who show proof they are sterilized or use long-term birth control.

But two years after moving the group’s national headquarters to Cabarrus County, Harris is launching an advertising campaign to raise its profile in the Charlotte area.

…Since 1997 the group has paid 1,600 drug users across the United States, but no one in North Carolina has taken the offer. The organization has paid one person in South Carolina. (more…)

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The North Carolina African American Culture Tour

Ebony Black Family Reunion Tour (Aug. 20th) – Marshall Park

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