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Although the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist's candidacy has been resubmitted, Hannah-Jones and her legal counsel are considering a discrimination lawsuit.

On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Ms. Gwynne Wilcox to serve as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, who is a senior partner at union-side labor and employment firm of Levy Ratner PC

The Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure controversy at UNC: Answers to common questions Kate Murphy, The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) May 29—Acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and a team of lawyers are considering taking legal action against UNC-Chapel Hill for discrimination, following a wave of national outrage over her not getting tenure for a new position she will take at the university this summer. Heres what you need to know about the issue. Who is Nikole Hannah-Jones? N...

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The UNC Board of Trustees is under renewed pressure to consider the tenure application of incoming journalism professor Nikole Hannah-Jones or it could face federal and state lawsuits. A report from NC Policy Watch on Saturday said attorneys with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, the law firm Levy Ratner and the law firm Ferguson Chambers & Sumpter sent a letter to the university’s general counsel on Thursday. The letter, in response to the Board of Trustees’ delay of consideration of Hannah-Jo...

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out whats clicking on Foxnews.com. Nikole Hannah-Jones, creator of the 1619 Project, announced Thursday she is considering legal action against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and its board of trustees over what she believes is "anti-democratic suppression." Earlier this month, The New York Times Magazine writer was denied tenure after being appointed as the Knight Chair in Race and Investigative Journalism at UNC’s Hussman School ...

On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, President Biden nominated Gwynne Wilcox to fill the last remaining vacancy on the National Labor Relations Board (“Board”). If confirmed by the Senate,...

While union activity has been on the decline for years, President Joseph R. Biden vowed during his campaign to be “the most pro union president in history.” President Biden sent a clear...

Nikole Hannah-Jones will also seek legal action against the University of North Carolina.

The White House announced today that President Biden will nominate attorney Gwynne Wilcox to the fifth and last vacant seat on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Ms. Wilcox is a...