Moral Monday Coverage

BISHOP BARBER: Moral Monday's message to North Carolina legislators

Thursday, April 27, 2023 -- "We stand with all those across the nation who have come together united to address the deaths that occur to the failure of elected officials to support and pass public policies that address voter suppression, healthcare, living wages, and gun reform - and to uphold equal protection under the law against racism and targeted attacks on our humanity."

Hundreds gather for Moral Monday Recommitment Rally

Over 200 protestors joined Bishop Barber and other organizations on the 10th anniversary of the protest which saw 1,000 protestors arrested at the general assembly

Bishop Barber, protestors gather on Moral Monday 10th anniversary, hold 'Recommitment Rally' at state capitol

In honor of the Moral Monday movement's 10th anniversary, Bishop Barber and dozens of advocacy groups will gather at the state capitol Monday for what they call a 'Recommitment Rally' to mark the occasion.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

Mother vows to never stop fighting for her son, the underprivileged

Her son Michael passed away from colon cancer. She shared he had a medical condition that made him likely for the disease, but she says he couldn't afford regular colonoscopies and he eventually got the disease.

Rally to reduce poverty held in downtown Raleigh

A rally to reduce poverty for North Carolinians is being held in downtown Raleigh Monday. The goal is to pressure state lawmakers to make changes that will improve the quality of life for those living in poverty.

Rally planned for Monday evening in downtown Raleigh

Some streets around Bicentennial Plaza could be blocked off for a rally organized by The Poor People's Campaign to demand changes that will help reduce poverty.

Rally in Raleigh brings attention to poverty, pushes lawmakers for change

Hundreds of voting rights supporters gathered outside of the state capitol, hoping to call attention to voter suppression and efforts to fight poverty.

Julian Grace, WRAL anchor/reporter

'Moral Monday' rally kicks off year of activism

Eight years after Rev. William Barber launched the "Moral Monday" movement to protest actions taken by the North Carolina General Assembly, the protests returned to Raleigh on Monday.

'Moral Monday' protest movement returns to Raleigh

Eight years after Rev. William Barber launched the "Moral Monday" movement to protest actions taken by the North Carolina General Assembly, the protests returned to Raleigh on Monday.

Aaron Thomas, WRAL reporter

'Moral Monday' rally held in downtown Raleigh

A "Moral Monday" rally is held on Halifax Mall in Raleigh, with protesters calling for higher wages, more access to health care and more affordable housing.

Protesters call for better pandemic response, more aid to working poor

Activists held a Monday afternoon protest in downtown Raleigh, calling on state and national leaders to do more to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

DAVID NEAL: Work to heal the pandemic of poverty and cancer of racism

Thursday, June 11, 2020 -- Poverty and racism diminish us all, and we all have a role in dismantling both. When one person lacks health care, paid sick leave, or a home, then all are more at risk. The pandemic has revealed the inseparability among our fates that has always been there. The multiracial Black Lives Matter movement to end the senseless killing of Black mother's sons and daughters has the promise to make us finally live up to our shared creed of liberty and justice for all.

Day 1: Barber challenges General Assembly trespassing charge

Rev. William Barber, the former head of the state NAACP, stands trial on a charge of trespassing at the General Assembly, calling his 2017 arrest unconstitutional.

Barber says people have right to gather, protest at legislature

Rev. William Barber, the former head of the state NAACP and architect of North Carolina's "Moral Monday" protests, hopes to persuade a jury to clear him of trespassing at the General Assembly, calling his 2017 arrest unconstitutional.

Former NAACP head fighting trespass charge from arrest at General Assembly

Rev. William Barber, the former head of the state NAACP and architect of North Carolina's "Moral Monday" protests, hopes to persuade a jury to clear him of trespassing at the General Assembly, calling his 2017 arrest unconstitutional.

Laura Leslie, WRAL Capitol Bureau chief

Judge: Former NAACP head allowed back in General Assembly

Rev. William Barber's ban from the Legislative Building is no more.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Gore discusses coal ash, environmental concerns

Former Vice President Al Gore and Rev. William Barber discuss coal ash waste and other environmental concerns outside a Duke Energy plant near Greensboro.

Chanting protesters arrested at General Assembly

Singing, changing, reading a list of demands, the N.C. People's Campaign demanded meetings with lawmakers but wound up getting arrested.

Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter

Raleigh kicks off six-week season of nonviolent direct action

Raleigh is one of 30 locations nationwide where the Poor People's Campaign is launching its six weeks of nonviolent direct action.

'Moral Monday' movement celebrates fifth anniversary

An effort by North Carolina civil rights groups and citizens opposing Republican policies at the North Carolina General Assembly returned Monday to where it began five years ago.

Weekly Wrap: Goooaaalll?

Boosters trying to land a Major League Soccer franchise for Raleigh hope to build a stadium on part of the state government complex downtown.

Lawsuit says HB2 effects still felt

Transgender people in North Carolina are still effectively prevented from using restrooms matching their gender identity under a law that replaced the state's notorious "bathroom bill" earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.

Barber, GOP trade charges over praying for Trump

Is it a sin to pray for President Donald Trump?

Travis Fain

NAACP leader, others remain banned from Legislative Building

State NAACP President Rev. William Barber and four other people cannot go to the state legislature until their trespassing cases from a recent protest there are resolved, a Wake County judge ordered Thursday.

Matthew Burns

Judge says protesters shouldn't be banned from Legislative Building

A Wake County judge plans to draft new pre-trial release conditions for people arrested during a protest at the Legislative Building, saying Wednesday that banning them from the building goes too far.

Laura Leslie