This Month

[caption id="attachment_26428" align="alignright" width="550"] President Biden has implemented a plan to fight Covid-19. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images…

Plurality of new cases in people ages 25-49. Transmission rates of Covid-19 remain high in Buncombe County,…

Wesley Wofford of Cashiers designed the sculpture to honor Harriet Tubman. The sculpture…

Whitewater Falls in Nantahala National Forest. Photo: Jim Liestman Take time to enjoy…

The Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Symphony in the Park takes place September 19, 2021….

Located on South Market Street in the historic YMI Cultural Center building, Noir Collective AVL is a…

Traci Taylor, owner of Healed Skin and Candle Company. Opening soon in downtown…

[caption id="attachment_26391" align="alignright" width="220"] Jabari Banks A Look at Entertainment by T.J. Moore – Peacock’s “Fresh Prince…

Paulina Alexis, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, and Devery Jacobs star in Reservation Dogs.…

Thoughtful and hilarious collection of essays by Phoebe Robinson. In this new book, due out on September…

Civil rights supporters at the March on Washington, August 28, 1963. An open…

[caption id="attachment_26370" align="alignleft" width="550"] A-B Tech offers Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and Advanced Placement Nursing (ADN AP).…

Covid-19 has had a significant impact of the lives of individuals within the African American community locally…

Shantelle Simpson, MSN, RN, President & Chief Executive Officer The Board of Directors…

[caption id="attachment_23556" align="alignleft" width="240"] Maceo Z. Keeling, Business Strategist and CEO of Asheville Business Accelerator. Photo: Urban…

[caption id="attachment_18472" align="alignleft" width="481"] Dr. Errington Thompson is a critical care trauma surgeon, author, and talk show…

“We may not all be under the same banner, but we’re in the same battle. We must…

[gview file="https://theurbannews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09_UNews_web_sept2021-ymca.pdf"] YMCA of Western North Carolina News: September 2021 (PDF) YMCA of Western North Carolina (828)…

[gview file="https://theurbannews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09_UNews_web_sept2021-ifpha.pdf"] IFPHA News: September 2021 (PDF) To learn more, visit www.averyhec.com/ifpha.

[gview file="https://theurbannews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09_UNews_web_sept2021-abipa.pdf"] ABIPA Newsletter: September 2021 (PDF) ABIPA promotes economic, social, and healthy parity achievement for African…

[gview file="https://theurbannews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/09_UNews_web_sept2021-naf.pdf"] Project NAF & Project EMPOWER News: September 2021 (PDF) Project NAF (Nurturing Asheville and Area…

[caption id="attachment_12315" align="alignleft" width="160"] Nelda Holder Photo: Tim Barnwell Legislative News by Nelda Holder – I keep…

By Cash Michaels – The North Carolina Republican legislative agenda is quickly mirroring the national Republican Party…

Governor Roy Cooper signed an Executive Order to make it easier for North Carolinians to access treatment…

By John E. Warren – First let us say the vaccine saves lives. The life of the…

Speaking Truth to Power and Reclaiming America by Symone D. Sanders In this rousing call to leadership,…

Artists Changing How We See In A Black Gaze, Tina Campt examines Black contemporary artists who are…

[caption id="attachment_26287" align="alignleft" width="437"] Cover of Rethinking Schools Magazine, Volume 35, No. 4 Educators have a duty…

Protesters in Boston. Photo: Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald While reading an article about…

Local health conditions are not trending well. Recognizing the dangers of exposure to the Covid-19 Delta variant,…

Symptoms of the virus include coughing, shortness of breath, chest pain, and fever.…

If the American people don’t benefit from these endless losing wars, why do we keep fighting them?…