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Eight NC Corn Mazes to Get Lost in This Year
As we get ready for Halloween and fall, grab the family to one of these North Carolina corn mazes.
The Moment I Realized NC Public Schools Are Not Treated Equally
How a move to a specialty school in Durham convinced an Edgecombe County teen that North Carolina schools are funded unfairly.
NC’s Poet Laureate Makes Art From Difficult Times
How turbulent times and the racial justice movement have informed one of North Carolina’s most decorated poets, Jaki Shelton Green.
Beat the Crowds and Cabin Fever: Here Are Five Under-the-Radar Outdoor Destinations in North Carolina
The cure to your cabin fever is getting an actual cabin in North Carolina’s ridiculously picturesque mountains.
Too Poor To Get Sick: What’s Next for the Half-Million Uninsured North Carolinians
Inside the wait for Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, one of 12 states spurning a federally-funded healthcare program for poor people.
Monthly $250 to $300 Checks from Child Tax Credit Start This Week. What Does That Mean for NC Families?
President Biden’s expansion of the child tax credit could help lift 137,000 North Carolina children out of poverty, officials hope.
Chris Paul was an Advocate for Voting, HBCUs in North Carolina Before Ever Making the NBA Finals
The Wake Forest University basketball star has emerged as a leader for social justice in his native Winston-Salem.
‘A Marathon, Not a Sprint’: How One Eastern NC District Aims to Make Up for Classroom Time Lost to Covid
Inside Greene County’s use of federal and state COVID relief on summer camps, extended school days, and more.
A Vaccine Lottery? Gov. Cooper Says He’s Looking Into It.
To boost vaccination rates, North Carolina’s governor is researching rewarding vaccinations with a game of chance.
The Pandemic Struggle Isn’t Over Yet. 5 Ways to Get Help in North Carolina With Rent and Other Bills.
Federal COVID-19 relief funds are helping people get food on tables and pay rent and utility bills.
A Silenced Year: How North Carolina’s Once-Booming Music Industry is Coping With Coronavirus
The pandemic upended an industry dependent on touring revenues, forcing artists, venues and fans alike to adapt.
NC Mother: Lawmakers Should Give Up Their Health Care if They Won’t Expand Medicaid
North Carolina’s lawmakers have rejected federal money to expand Medicaid and provide health care to up to 600,000 struggling adults.
Why North Carolina Parents Might Be the Big Winners in the Federal COVID Relief Bill
Monthly payments to parents? Feds’ $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill promises changes for North Carolina families, businesses, and schools.
Biden’s Next Big Challenge: How to Deal With Trump’s Takeover of the Courts
“If somebody believes they are a victim of discrimination in their workplace, the final say on whether our civil rights laws are properly enforced is a lower court judge,” Daniel Goldberg, legal director of the nonprofit advocacy group Alliance for Justice, told COURIER.
2020 Was a Drag. But Here’s My (Incomplete) List of the Cardinal & Pine Stories That Soared.
Brave leaders, earth-moving candidates, a president in free fall, and a NC man who waited 44 years for justice. The best stories of 2020.
Fresh Shrimp and Creamsicles: Ronnie Long Meets the World Again
Wrongfully imprisoned in NC for 44 years, Ronnie Long comes to terms with a different world than the one he knew.
Wrongfully Imprisoned for 44 Years, Ronnie Long Waits on Roy Cooper to Pardon Him
Ronnie Long talks to C&P about his four-decade wait for justice. And now, his wait for a pardoning from NC Gov. Roy Cooper.
Diary of a Teacher Day 1: Back in the Classroom
Some NC schools opened despite COVID. An educator talks nervous kids, nervous teachers, and teaching in-person and virtually—at the same time.
How a Nationwide Eviction Ban Failed to Protect Many Renters
Judges in states like NC have been inconsistent in enforcing a nationwide coronavirus eviction ban, which expires at year’s end.
‘I’d Do It Again in a Heartbeat’: Two NC Republicans Talk Losing Their Elections After Spurning Trump
Ex-NC Republicans Page Lemel and Mike Hawkins on their rejection of Trump, and whether or not it cost them re-election.
NC DHHS Sec. Mandy Cohen Could Be Heading to the Biden Administration Soon
Mandy Cohen has been the face of NC’s COVID-19 response. But she is on a short list of people that might head to Biden’s federal health agency.
This NC Mom and Her Family Lost Health Insurance During COVID-19
Many lost health insurance in NC in recent months, as the US Supreme Court hears a case Tuesday that could upend the way the Affordable Care Act works.
‘Scranton Versus Park Avenue’: How Biden and Trump’s Economic Plans Match Up
Biden’s Pennsylvania upbringing and Amtrak-riding ways are light-years from Trump’s billionaire status. That has real implications for Americans’ wallets.
Nearly 1 Million Workers Have Run Out of Unemployment Benefits
New analysis finds that hundreds of thousands of people exhausted their unemployment benefits by the end of August this year.
Trump Is Punishing People Who Need Help the Most for the Crime of Living in Democratic Cities
Newborns, the unhoused, and people in recovery are among those who will be impacted in President Donald Trump’s latest political battle against four Democratic-led cities he deemed “anarchist jurisdictions.”
Keep Those Masks On. COVID-19 Cases Surging in NC.
North Carolina, like elsewhere in the country, is seeing an uptick of COVID-19 cases as weariness from the pandemic’s restrictions set in.
Laptop Shortages Across US Widen Education Gap Even More
Families struggle to afford laptops, even in school districts that promised to buy each child a device.
‘They’re Coming for You’: The Five Takeaways for NC From Harris-Pence Debate
Inside the only vice presidential debate, and what NC should take away from two very different candidates in Kamala Harris and Mike Pence.
President Trump and First Lady Test Positive for Coronavirus
Trump has held multiple events without masks or social distancing, The presidents senior adviser, Hope Hicks, also tested positive.