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Advocates respond to recent rise in violence against Asian American community

By Praveena Somasundaram | March 9

Though violence against Asian Americans has risen particularly in major U.S. cities, community members say anti-Asian racism is not new — and that there ...

2021 Piedmont Laureate aims to increase representation in children's literature

By Macon Porterfield | February 23

"After 17 years as a writer, Lyons has published over 15 children’s books with people of color serving main character roles."

Students and faculty reflect on erasure of Black history in education

By Charity Cohen | February 11

This Black History Month, students consider the erasure of Black history lessons in schools. “When I think about the way that African American history ...

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Committee on Community and Diversity talks faculty nomination process

By Emily Shih | January 10

The Committee for Community and Diversity met Friday to hear faculty concerns about how student evaluations and the faculty nomination process might be ...

Here's what you missed in the first week of UNC's race-conscious admissions trial

By Maydha Devarajan and Hunter Haskett | November 16

SFFA claims that UNC’s admissions policies violate the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, and are intentionally discriminatory against ...

We conducted our first internal diversity audit. Here are the results.

By Ramishah Maruf | November 12

The best way to accurately cover our community is to have a staff that looks like our community. Unfortunately, the data proves that our newsroom does ...

UNC System hosts series of town halls for feedback on race and equity

By Emma Lindsey | October 28

Students, faculty and staff discussed race and equity in the UNC System during a series of virtual town halls.

Carolina Indian Circle fights for University recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day

By Anthony Howard | October 11

The Carolina Indian Circle wrote a petition and launched a social media campaign, calling for Indigenous Peoples Day to be recognized as a University ...

Committee on Community and Diversity works to pursue roadmap for racial equity

By Kelly Kendall | September 23

The committee focused primarily on its goals related to the Roadmap for Racial Equity and advocating for campus centers in the meeting on Tuesday.

Faculty of color consider leaving, cite lack of opportunities and toxic environment

By Sasha Schroeder | September 15

UNC faculty said they have considered leaving the University for peer institutions due to a lack of leadership opportunities and a toxic environment for ...

'Unacceptable discrimination': Inmate removed from death row for the second time

By Elsa Karcher | August 25

The N.C. Supreme Court ruled that Marcus Robinson, who was resentenced to death after the Racial Justice Act was repealed in 2013, could not be executed ...

These UNC students aim to create a space for and by Latinx journalists on campus

By Isabella Sherk | August 25

Angelica Edwards and Julian Berger spent their summer establishing a new chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists — UNC-Chapel ...

Youth organizers reflect on a summer of protests and what comes next

By Alexandra Smith | August 25

College students and Chapel Hill natives reflect on summer protests, organizing the community during a pandemic and what's next for activism in Chapel ...

Carrboro High School students created a podcast to amplify minority students' voices

By Elise Palmer | August 16

“This podcast is really something that can promote inclusion in schools,” Phoenix Tudryn, a Carrboro High School senior, said. “If Black and brown ...

How some UNC Black artists are using songs, paintings to showcase their experiences

By Dominick Ferrara | August 13

As Black Lives Matter protests renewed national conversations about race over the summer, Black artists at UNC were trying to think about how they could ...

'Can’t take our foot off the gas': Local designers rebrand for Black Lives Matter

By Aditya Surana | August 13

As protests for racial justice grew around the country, these designers pledged to donate all revenue from their new designs to various local and national ...

UNC student commission resolution: ‘All courses must be offered virtually'

By Maddie Ellis | August 2

The Commission on Campus Equality and Student Equity's resolution calls for full remote instruction and limitations on the number of students living on ...

University leaders, community members address fall updates at faculty meeting

By Praveena Somasundaram | July 14

During the Faculty Executive Committee's first official meeting for the 2020-21 school year, administrators and community members discussed important ...

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UNC Board of Governors' Racial Equity Task Force outlines work ahead at first meeting

By Brian Keyes | July 13

The UNC Board of Governors Racial Equity Task Force met for the first time Thursday to outline the group's mission and the work it plans to do over the ...

UNC professor accused of ignoring students of color's concerns over role-playing class

By Sara Raja | July 7

A UNC sociology professor is under fire for the use of role-playing pedagogy in his classroom after a student went public with allegations that he created ...