COLUMBIA, S.C. – Sometimes the line forms before the doors open at 9 a.m. at Harvest Hope Food Bank, a part of the Feeding America network. Chris Daly, chief operating officer of Harvest Hope, told me on Tuesday, “It gets you when they’re here before you.” The father of four said he can’t imagine the […]
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J.C. Watts, one of the stars the North Carolina Republican Party convention crowd in Charlotte, N.C., came to hear and take pictures with on Friday night, talked about his own dissatisfaction with the general GOP minority outreach effort. “The key is to put teeth in it and to be real about it,” he told me.
J.C. Watts on GOP minority outreach: ‘I’ll believe it when I see it’ Read More »
CHARLOTTE – North Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory was a rock star to the crowd gathered at the party’s 2013 state convention over the weekend at the Charlotte Convention Center. But as the conservative agenda led by GOP super-majorities in both the state House and Senate in Raleigh continues to advance, disapproval is mounting, with
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Not too many people spend time worrying about Paris Jackson. After all, she’s young, pretty, has lots of money and time to dabble in an acting career, and develop a presence, as they say, on social media, with every tweet dissected for deeper meaning. But besides having all the growing pains and insecurities of a
On being Paris Jackson, Michael’s daughter: a dream or nightmare? Read More »
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Museums across the country are collaborating in a program called Blue Star Museums. WCCB Rising’s “Keeping it Positive” contributor Mary Curtis tells us about the project that offers free admission to all active duty military personnel, including active Reserve and National Guard and their families through Labor Day. It covers all military
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A Cheerios ad featuring an interracial family — a black husband, a white wife and a biracial child — inspired so many racist comments on YouTube, General Mills disabled the comments. Cheerios stands by its ad, releasing a statement saying, “At Cheerios, we know there are many kinds of families, and we celebrate them all.”
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It’s all about choice. When artists create, they decide what to present, what to leave out and what to make up. A work of art need not follow any script, except the one in its creator’s head. But when part of the appeal of that creation is realism, a promise that the fiction accurately depicts
‘Mad Men’ and black characters: Negative depictions in the name of diversity? Read More »
Here we go again, with more proof, if anyone needed it, that the post-racial American society some hoped the election of an African American president signified is far from here. Who would have thought that breakfast cereal would trigger the latest racial battle line? In this case, a Cheerios ad much like every other homespun
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When Kermit Gosnell was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder for killing babies in his West Philadelphia abortion clinic, it brought a continuing debate onto the front pages, with even the amount of trial coverage a cause of conflict. With his case as a backdrop, abortion-rights activists warned that his filthy and dangerous clinic
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – WCCB Rising’s “Keeping it Positive” contributor Mary Curtis attended the opening night performance of “War Horse” which is now playing at Belk Theater. The award winning play brings magic to the stage as well as allowing the audience to use their imagination. Great puppetry and wonderful visual effects bring to life the
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