History haunts the halls of Marie G. Davis Middle School. Plaques line the cinderblock walls boasting "School of Distinction," "School of Excellence" and "Exemplary Academic Growth." But this is not ...

Considering the fact that public schools in North Carolina are more segregated now than after the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling in 1954, it’s no wonder that Durham Public Schools (DPS) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A study found that trends toward school racial “resegregation” are associated with increased behavioral problems ...

Protesters and police scuffled Tuesday at a school board meeting in North Carolina over claims that a new busing system would resegregate schools, roiling racial tensions reminiscent of the 1960s.

The nation’s schools are becoming resegregated at the fastest rate since the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education ruling, reflecting court decisions dismantling desegregation plans and the continuing ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Fifteen years ago this month, U.S. District Judge Robert Potter issued a ruling that ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. When Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the “technical corrections” bill before Christmas, he sent ...

The City of Staunton is committing $75,000 to a small area study of Uniontown, a predominantly Black neighborhood located near National Cemetery that was settled after the Civil War and Emancipation.

The nostalgia behind the slogan “Make America great again” has always provoked the obvious questions of just when America was great, and for whom. Early in the second Trump administration, we are ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...