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Attorneys with the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and two law firms sent a letter to UNC’s vice chancellor and general counsel laying out Hannah-Jones’ case and demanding the university make good on an initial offer of a tenured position as Knight Chair.
The Knight Foundation’s president called Nikole Hannah-Jones “eminently qualified” and urged the board to reconsider its decision.
Lamar Richards, who was sworn in this week as the student representative on the board, called on fellow board members to hold a vote in a statement addressed to university leaders.
UNC-Chapel Hill says the Pulitzer prize winner is a perfect fit to teach in its journalism school. A local conservative group published an unsigned attack against her.
Senate Bill 405 is a slightly amended version of a measure vetoed in 2019 by Gov. Roy Cooper.
The bill would prohibit abortion procedures based on the race of the fetus or the detection of Down syndrome. Democratic lawmakers and doctors say the bill describes a problem that doesn’t exist.
Dozens of transgender people and their families attended Wednesday’s hearing to share their stories and argue against a bill they say is unnecessary.
The bill would compel all public schools and universities in North Carolina to designate their teams as male, female, or co-ed.
