Cardinal Voices

Cardinal Voices Oftentimes women escaping intimate partner violence are starting at a deficit, because they must leave necessities such as clothing and shoes behind. Charlotte's Eva Lee Parker Fund helps replace those items for them and their children. (Viviane Moos/Corbis via Getty Images)
Cardinal Voices ‘Impossible to Leave on Her Own’: NC Domestic Violence Survivors Request More Help During Holidays

As survivors attempt to escape domestic violence over the holidays, requests for help from NC advocates have skyrocketed.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright December 21, 2021 5:51 pm EST
Cardinal Voices Protesters march along the streets to protest the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. Brown's killing made NC the center of the racial justice movement in 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Cardinal Voices Andrew Brown and Ronald Greene Weren’t Killed By Bad Apples. They Were Killed By a Bad Orchard.

We can’t talk about police reform in North Carolina without talking about the racist origins of policing in America and in the South.

Greear Webb Greear Webb June 2, 2021 11:45 am EDT
Cardinal Voices In this May 2018 file photo, lawmakers and legislative employees watch the crowd grow outside of the North Carolina Legislative Building as educators gathered to protest education funding shortfalls. We're launching "Cardinal Voices" to feature the voices of the everyday North Carolinians speaking on the most important issues of the day. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images)
Cardinal Voices Change Begins in NC Homes. That’s Why We’re Launching ‘Cardinal Voices.’

A new project featuring local North Carolinians speaking directly to the local issues that matter to them.

Billy Ball Billy Ball June 2, 2021 11:39 am EDT

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