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Opinion: Let’s talk Gaza, antisemitism, and Trump’s manipulation of it all

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 A North Carolina lawmaker says it’s time for progressives to talk about the genocide in Gaza, antisemitism, and the way Trump is using all of it to get power. 
The nation’s oldest and largest Indigenous sorority is bracing for DEI orders

The nation’s oldest and largest Indigenous sorority is bracing for DEI orders

This story was originally reported by Alexis Wray of The 19th. Meet Alexis and read more of her reporting on gender, politics and policy. Felicia Warwick grew up in Pembroke, North Carolina, seeing red jackets with green and yellow Greek letters stitched alongside the zipper. When she saw women wearing them, she knew they had […]
Mother and child sitting at table together

A third of parents are putting career plans on hold due to the cost of childcare—even here in North Carolina

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We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
Sen. Thom Tillis

OPINION: A letter to North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis

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As the Trump administration moves to dismantle federal education programs, the North Carolina parent of a child with a disability urges Sen. Thom Tillis to step up.  
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VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

The Veteran Affairs cuts would affect everything from cancer care to the ability to assess toxic exposure.
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Here’s how the GOP push to cut Medicaid would impact rural North Carolina

A push by Congressional Republicans to slash federal funding for Medicaid could have “dire consequences” for the more than 1.2 million rural North Carolinians who depend on the program.