The News & Observer on the unified government by Democrats in Washington, D.C.:
On Wednesday afternoon, shortly after Joe Biden was inaugurated as president, Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three new members of the U.S. Senate, including the two Democratic winners of the recent special election in Georgia. For the first time in a decade, Democrats occupied the White House and controlled the U.S. House and Senate.
We think that’s a good thing for Washington - and for the country - after four years of mostly Republican rule.
So we mean this the most affirming way: Don’t mess this up, Democrats.
ESPN Show To Broadcast From Winston-Salem State University by Paul Garber
6:17pm Jan 21, 2021 ESPN talk show host and Winston-Salem State University graduate Stephen A. Smith. (Photo by John Salangsang/Invision/AP)
Winston-Salem State University will soon have a chance to be in the spotlight on one of sport’s major stages when ESPN’s “First Take” talk show comes to town.
The Feb. 3 show at the HBCU is part of the network s celebration of Black History Month.
The university says in a release that the plan is to broadcast a portion live from the Clarence E. Gaines Center on campus.
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More ultra-cold freezers are on the way to help store the COVID-19 vaccine, more specifically, historically minority-serving universities around the state including North Carolina Central and Fayetteville State University.
NC Central will get seven freezers as part of the broader effort to increase cold storage capacity. The university will then give them to places like the Halifax or Granville Health Department or even the Lumbee Tribe to use.
Four other historically minority-serving institutions in the UNC System including Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina A&T University, UNC Pembroke and Winston-Salem State University received a mobile freezer Wednesday that s capable of safely storing and moving COVID-19 vaccine vials. Those already delivered are a portion of the 62 slated to arrive in the coming months as part of Operation Deep Freeze.
Local organizations are finding creative new ways to celebrate
the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the pandemic age. This week, up to 200 children aged 4-11 are expected to take part in this year’s Virtual “Read-In” to honor King, and promote his message of civil rights, the importance of community service and literacy.
The children will be paired with reading buddies mostly volunteer college students from Winston-Salem State and Wake Forest Universities and they’ll engage in themed activities like “Gratitude,” writing letters to someone they’re grateful for; “Advocacy,” advocating for a special cause and creating their own signs; and “I Have A Dream.” The students will write a collective poem around their own personal dreams as well as those they have for their community. Winston-Salem State Assistant Director of Student Activities Chelii Broussard says it partners imagination and literacy in powerful ways.