Shortages of teachers, infrastructure and technology workers will hamper schools’ ability to provide the best education, facilities and tools to children, Wake County Public School System Superintendent Robert Taylor said Thursday. Pay increases will help, he said, but a full reversal of the trends could take years and a much bigger effort than incremental raises.

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More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

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Compared to pre-pandemic prices, ground beef is up 35%, chips are up 45%, bread is up 57% and a 12-ounce can of soda is up 66%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks trends on common grocery store items.

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Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened.


15 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THE TIMING VERY IMPORTANT FOR TOMORROW. MIKE, THANK YOU. >> THE OWNER OF A CHILDREN'S BOOK STORE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH SAYS HER SHOP AND FAMILY HAVE BEEN TARGETED BY THREATS AND SHE'S CLOSING THE DOORS LIBERATION STATION OPENED ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET WITH THIS CELEBRATION ON JUNE TEEN LESS THAN A YEAR AGO. IT WAS THE FIRST BLACK OWNED CHILDREN'S BOOK STORE IN THE TRIANGLE WRAL'S MATT TALHELM IS LIVE IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH WITH THE OWNERS MESSAGE FOR THE COMMUNITY MASK. >> YEAH, DENVER, THAT FAMILY OWNED SHOP IS UP ON THE SECOND FLOOR HERE AT THAT FAYETTEVILLE STREET. THIS IS AN OLD DEPARTMENT STORE SPACE HERE. THE OWNER IS ALSO AN AUTHOR AND SHE WROTE THIS MESSAGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING DEATH THREATS AND HATE MAIL, A LACK OF SAFETY FORCING HER TO CLOSE THE SHOT. >> BEHIND THE DOOR OF SWEET WHY WE HAVE BOARD IN PARKS. LANGSTON HUGHES, A TRUE RATED COLLECTION OF LITERATURE LINES. THE SHELVES TELLING THE STORIES OF BLACK CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, NOT JUST THE BOOKSTORE IS SOME MOVEMENT. VICTORIA SCOTT MILLER OPENED LIBERATION STATION IN DOWNTOWN RALEIGH LAST JUNE AFTER 4 YEARS OF POP-UP BOOK SALES FROM THE TRUNK OF THE FAMILY'S CAR, A 2011 CHEVY GOING FROM PLACE TO PLACE A VIBRANT MURAL COVERS THE WALL, LEADING TO THE STORE INSIDE. IT'S A COZY WELCOMING SPACE FOR THE CHILDREN WHO VISIT HERE. HAVE A SEAT BREED. YOU ARE HOME READS A MESSAGE ON THE BENCH. THIS IS A COMMUNITY. SPACE IS A COMMUNAL SACRED SPACE. SCOTT MILLER SAYS THAT PIECE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN IN SEPTEMBER. WE BEGIN RECEIVING THREATS >> ONLINE AND ALSO THROUGH THE PHONE. SHE SAYS IT FIRST THEY BRUSHED OFF THE THREATS AND DIDN'T REPORT THEM TO POLICE. WE DIDN'T DESERVE TO. HAVE TO SAY, OH, HERE'S ANOTHER ANOTHER PROBLEM. YOU KNOW, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S INTRUDING ON THE SPACE THAT YOU DESERVE. AND SO WE YOU KNOW, WE SAT WITH THAT AS A FAMILY. WE SO WHAT WHAT DO WE DO? SCOTT MILLER DESCRIBES THE THREATS AS SICKENING TARGETING, RESTORE AND FAMILY. I THINK IT IS THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF SAYING A BLACK FAMILY UNIT. >> DOING THIS WORK. AND I THINK THE BEST THAT. BUT SHE SAYS IT'S BECOME EXHAUSTING AND UNSAFE TO THE POINT THAT LIBERATION STATION WILL SOON BECOME ANOTHER VACANT SPACE ON THE STREET. THE CITY'S TRYING TO REVITALIZE. >> HOW ARE YOU REVITALIZE AND THE CITY, IF YOU FOR GETTING THE PEOPLE THAT MATTER. THAT ARE MARGINALIZED. THAT'S A QUESTION FOR A COMMUNITY TO UNPACK. AS SCOTT MILLER PREPARES TO MOVE HER BUSINESS OUT OF DOWNTOWN, WE WILL FIND OUR PLACE. WE WILL FIND A PLACE THAT WAS DESIGNED FOR US THAT FEELS SAFE. >> THAT ALLOWS US TO GROW. THAT ALLOWS US TO HAVE THESE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS. REAL. >> NOW, THE DOWNTOWN RALEIGH ALLIANCE SHARED THIS STATEMENT WITH WRAL SAYING IN PART ANY REPORTS OF HARASSMENT OR VIOLENCE ARE DISHEARTENING, HAVE NO PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO WORK TO MAKE DOWNTOWN SAFER, MORE INCLUSIVE AND MORE WELCOMING TO ALL PEOPLE. NOW, RALEIGH POLICE SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA POST FROM THE OWNER AND FROM THE STORE HERE. BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE NOT HAD ANY REPORTS. NONE OF THOSE CALLS. NONE OF THOSE INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED TO POLICE. THEY ENCOURAGE ANYONE. ANY BUSINESS OWNERS WHO EXPERIENCE HARASSMENT AND VIOLENCE OF ANY KIND LIKE THAT OR ANY THREATS TO REPORT IT. LIBERATION STATION HERE, MEANWHILE, WILL CLOSE APRIL 13.

Family behind Black-owned bookstore blames threats for closure

Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened.



Black-owned children's bookstore in Raleigh moving after threats, owner says

Liberation Station Bookstore holds grand opening in downtown Raleigh 

Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, opens Saturday in downtown Raleigh.


Miller with Liberation Station bookstore. Our grand opening is Saturday, June 17th at 11 AM. We are looking forward to an amazing journey of events and we hope to see you there. Bye.

NC's first Black-owned children's bookstore opens Saturday 

Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, opens Saturday in downtown Raleigh.



A Black-owned children's bookstore, Liberation Station, will open its first brick-and-mortar location in downtown Raleigh this year.



Raleigh's first Black-owned children's bookstore raises $10,000

Black-owned children's bookstore opening in downtown Raleigh

Friday Jan. 6, 2022 --  "Turn Every Page -- The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb," is unlike most films about writers. It goes one step further, tackling not only the writing process but also the art of the edit. It helps to have two geniuses as subjects. Caro is the author of "The Power Broker" and a multivolume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. Robert Gottlieb is one of the most revered editors. 

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If you walk into Reader's Corner on Hillsborough Street in Raleigh, you'll instantly be surrounded by thousands of books. But the one story to focus on today is about the man who sells them all for mere pocket change, then gives away a chunk of the profits.

Cheap books, generous donations: Owner of Raleigh bookstore finds ways to give back

Irv Coats inside Reader's Corner

The advent of chain and online bookstores wiped out thousands of independent bookstores in the 1990s and early 2000s, but indie bookstores are seeing a new popularity. 

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Family behind Black-owned bookstore blames threats for closure

Black-owned children's bookstore in Raleigh moving after threats, owner says

NC's first Black-owned children's bookstore opens Saturday

Liberation Station Bookstore holds grand opening in downtown Raleigh

Raleigh's first Black-owned children's bookstore raises $10,000

PAMELA PAUL: Robert Caro, Robert Gottlieb and the art of the edit

New & Upcoming for Kids from NC Authors

New & Upcoming Books from North Carolina Authors

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New Releases from Indie Presses

New & Upcoming Books from North Carolina Authors

Cheap books, generous donations: Owner of Raleigh bookstore finds ways to give back

After decades of disappearing, indie bookstores bounce back