WATCH: If poor and working-class people voted more often, politics would change for the better. That was the message Monday from civil rights leader William Barber II and the Poor People's Campaign, a national economic justice group originally led by Martin Luther...
❄️ It was a perfect winter scene Monday morning in Valle Crucis, a community in Watauga County. That's in western NC near Boone. A local man caught this footage of his dog enjoying the snow. The National Weather Service had issued a winter weather advisory for the...
We’re living in a burger renaissance. But amid all these choices in NC, you need someone to separate the best burgers from the pretenders.
On the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a NC minister explains why Republican lawmakers' abortion ban has made life more dangerous for women. The Rev. Heather Rodrigues of Duke Memorial in Durham was one of numerous faith leaders who spoke out Monday in Raleigh....
Last week, a federal appeals court ruled that Texas doctors don't have to provide emergency abortions. Wondering if that can happen in NC? Our correspondent Bonnie Fuller breaks down how reproductive rights could get even more dicey because of the precedent set in...
Republican-backed legislation has caused tens of thousands of kids in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to miss sex-education classes, health screenings, and lessons on consent, data reveals. The new law requires parents to give their OK before these classes can be...
NC was a hotspot for hate in King’s lifetime. But it was also the home of civil rights pioneers. So Martin Luther King Jr. was often here.
Leo Williams is an up-and-coming political leader with a deep background in education. We talked to him about being the mayor of his adopted city, and the pressures of leading in tumultuous times.
Locals in this rural NC county say their water and air is polluted by a PFAS-contaminated landfill, massive hog and poultry farms, and industrial operations. For the full story, click here to read our report. View this post on Instagram A post shared...
Moms for Liberty—an organization labeled “extremists” by the Southern Poverty Law Center—had a dismal 2023 election, including in NC. Will 2024 be even worse for them?
