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OPINION

Op-Ed: North Carolina Republicans are working overtime to restrict abortion even more. But we can stop them at the ballot box.

This legislation is so harmful and out of touch that it even applies to minors. Pregnant children will be forced to carry pregnancies to term in our state thanks to Republicans in Raleigh and Donald Trump, the man who empowers them. Those with fatal fetal diagnoses are subject to similar restrictions.

OPINION - Cardinal & Pine
OPINION - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: PFAS contamination is endangering our local farmers. A bill in Congress would empower them to address the crisis

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PFAS gets into our water when solvents and firefighting foam are used on military bases, or when companies like Chemours manufacture certain products. We now know this pollution has also made its way into our soils, foods, and even in our air.
OPINION - Cardinal & Pine

Opinion: Next year, your closest abortion clinic could be abroad

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Last year, more than 171,000 Americans were forced to leave their homes and travel across state lines for an abortion. That’s nearly a fifth of all Americans who needed abortion care in 2023 — and more than twice as many people who had to do the same in 2019.   It’s yet another jarring statistic […]
FILE - Abortion-rights protesters cheer at a rally following the United States Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, federally protected right to abortion, outside the state capitol in Lansing, Mich., June 24, 2022. Voters in several states have used the citizen initiative process to protect access to abortion and other reproductive rights in the two years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned a nationwide right to abortion. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Opinion: The crucial role of abortion funds in helping people access reproductive care

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Abortion funds are a crucial piece of support that abortion seekers have in the South, and the need will overwhelm us so long as we continue to be driven by instances of rage and moments of fury.
OPINION - Cardinal & Pine

Op-Ed: Beyond belief in Ashe County

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There will be dollars coming from Raleigh and from Washington to help places like Ashe County and for that we are grateful. But local people, those of us who have raised generations here, need to make sure that those dollars are used to provide for everyone in our community. 
Mark Robinson

OPINION: Politics needs decent, everyday people to lead, not internet celebrities and hucksters

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Recent events in North Carolina, including a deadly hurricane, prove how serious leadership can be. We need hard-working candidates for public office who are in it for the right reasons, not con artists.