Melba Newsome

Melba Newsome

Contributor, Cardinal & Pine

is a Charlotte-based journalist who writes about health, education and politics for regional and national publications. Her byline has appeared in Politico, NC Health News and many more publications.

Education Milly Cort (top-left) and her husband Hamilton (top-right), of Charlotte, have enrolled their children Ally (bottom-left) and Henry (bottom-right) in a nearby learning pod program. (Photo by Grant Baldwin for Cardinal & Pine)
Education Learning Pods Could Throw Fuel on to the Fire Of Inequality in NC

These informal education groups might be the answer for some to this year’s school dilemma but at what price?

Melba Newsome Melba Newsome August 14, 2020 4:16 pm EDT
Education A demonstrator marches in front of the State Capitol in Raleigh in June. The Capitol has been the scene of multiple protests of racial inequality in 2020. (Image via Shutterstock)
Education How History Is Made: After George Floyd, NC Educators Consider a More Inclusive Curriculum

The NC Department of Education is trying to make its history curriculum more representative of our country. Getting it right is proving to be a challenge.

Melba Newsome Melba Newsome August 1, 2020 6:01 am EDT
North Carolina A plaque in honor of George Floyd was added to the Confederate monument on the Capitol grounds during a protest. (Image via Shutterstock)
North Carolina NC’s Confederate Statues are Coming Down. But Officials in One Town Want to Shut Down Protests Instead.

Officials in Graham passed a town ordinance discouraging protests over the town's Confederate statute standing. A federal judge is intervening.

Melba Newsome Melba Newsome July 13, 2020 3:21 pm EDT

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