Politics
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Beyond the grade: How one ‘failing’ NC school defines success
NC’s controversial school report card system has given Lingerfeldt Elementary in Gastonia, NC, failing grades. But the local school’s leadership isn’t buying it.
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VIDEO: Mark Robinson’s ideas for education would ‘gut the soul of a classroom’
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the likely GOP nominee for governor in 2024, wrote that schools should eliminate science and social studies through the 5th grade.
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VIDEO: Lawsuit says Republicans drew discriminatory election maps
There are now three lawsuits against the new congressional election maps drawn by the GOP-controlled legislature. Each says that they drew them to intentionally dilute the voting power of Black North Carolinians.
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Leo Williams: How a ‘country boy’ from eastern NC came to lead one of NC’s fastest-growing cities
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.
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NC farmers can’t repair their own equipment. It affects us all.
Imagine purchasing equipment that is critical to the success of your business that costs you tens, if not over a hundred thousand dollars, but you’re not allowed to make repairs on the equipment yourself. That is the reality that farmers in North Carolina and across the country face. Patrick Brown, a fourth-generation farmer in Warren…
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Op-ed: Denied the pursuit of happiness: being transgender in 2023
It’s the end of 2023, and it’s time for that common refrain again: “What’s your resolution for the new year?” For some, it’s weight loss, others a new job, even more for love, money, moving — we’ve all heard them said throughout our lives. Mine is a bit more straightforward this year: Not to be…
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How $37 billion in federal funding is being used to improve at-home caregiving in NC
North Carolina used American Rescue Plan dollars to fund wage increases for at-home caregivers and launch a fund to recruit and retain workers.
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Voucher expansion and a state of emergency: public schools in 2023
The Republican-controlled legislature helped wealthy families pay for private school, offered teacher raises that lag behind inflation, and continued to ignore court-orders to adequately fund public schools.
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This group has a plan to ensure NC’s Black rural voters are better represented
New Rural Project helped elect several candidates in 2023 by listening to rural voters who sat out in 2020.
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Former NC Chief Justice Cheri Beasley on the promise and peril of campaigning as a Black woman
Cheri Beasley lost her Senate bid for an open seat in North Carolina, but her 2022 campaign holds lessons for Black women in politics ahead of 2024.
