Prominent Latinos such as actress Rosario Dawson and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are sharing a common message at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week — that Latino voters represent a rising political force.
Five years ago, Stevie was raped, but she never considered telling police. Alcohol was involved. The rapist was her boyfriend. And though she knew her story to be true, she thought authorities would doubt it.
Some spoke English, others Spanish. Some were angry, while others cried. But all of the women who took to the Seymour Center’s stage Tuesday night had something in common.
Like many undocumented immigrant students, Emilio Vicente said he knew early in high school that he would have trouble attending college — and that worry made him depressed.
Aleyda de Dios has called the United States home since she was two years old. But when her daughter is born later this week, the baby girl will already have something de Dios has only wished for — U.S. citizenship.
A new charter school has approval to open in Chapel Hill this August, despite the wishes of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools district and NAACP.
Lauren Cloninger told herself she was just eating healthy. When strangers commented on the then-13-year-old’s weight loss, she was flattered — and when friends left a note in her locker saying they were worried about her, she brushed it off.
The 27-year-old woman who reported being raped near Franklin Street Thursday has asked Chapel Hill Police not to pursue the investigation, according to a Tuesday press release.
As an infant, Bernadette Pelissier lived in Senegal. As a 12-year-old she lived in Damascus, Syria while her father worked for the United Nations, and in between her world travels, she lived in New Jersey.
The investigation into a rape reported near campus at roughly 2 a.m. Thursday morning has turned up few leads and has left some questioning whether the campus should have been alerted to a potential threat.
Laurie Graham, programs director at the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, explains the forum for sexual assault victims on Tuesday night.
Thomas Ross was inagurated as the president of the UNC system in Greensboro on Thursday.
