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Coronavirus NC Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen and Gov. Roy Cooper said residents should look to a scaled-back Thanksgiving as coronavirus surges again. (Image via NC DPS)
Coronavirus How NC’s Latest Coronavirus Surge Could Change Thanksgiving

Smaller gatherings, more testing, outdoor meals. Here's why coronavirus has many people in NC rethinking Thanksgiving this year.

Jennifer Bringle Jennifer Bringle November 11, 2020 4:24 pm EST
Social Justice Tubs of Penny's pimento cheese, which is produced in Charlotte. (Photo via Penny's.)
Social Justice Want Non-Controversial Pimento Cheese? We’ve Got You and Your Crackers Covered.

NC-based pimento cheese brands step in after the SC owner of Palmetto Cheese lambasted the Black Lives Matter movement.

Amy Conry Davis Amy Conry Davis October 12, 2020 3:57 pm EDT
Education A NC counselor gives advice for high schoolers on enduring the coronavirus-era virtual classroom. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Education Back in Session: Gov. Cooper Gives Elementary Schools Option to Reopen

Gov. Roy Cooper announced Thursday that K-5 schools could reopen in October, but final decisions are left up to local school boards.

Jennifer Bringle Jennifer Bringle September 17, 2020 5:28 pm EDT
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Family How Biden Plans to Help Parents Find Affordable Child Care That Fits Their Needs

By the time her son was born in 2017, “$1,000 a month only got my son half day care” at a good childcare provider, one mom said.

Rebecca Bodenheimer Rebecca Bodenheimer August 20, 2020 1:49 pm EDT
Education Milly Cort (top-left) and her husband Hamilton (top-right), of Charlotte, have enrolled their children Ally (bottom-left) and Henry (bottom-right) in a nearby learning pod program. (Photo by Grant Baldwin for Cardinal & Pine)
Education Learning Pods Could Throw Fuel on to the Fire Of Inequality in NC

These informal education groups might be the answer for some to this year’s school dilemma but at what price?

Melba Newsome Melba Newsome August 14, 2020 4:16 pm EDT

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NC educators protest near the General Assembly building in Raleigh in 2018. Education funding was a major point of conflict in the state in the last decade. Educators say that isn't likely to change with Republicans enjoying a very good election in NC in 2020. (Photo by Sara D. Davis/Getty Images) Education From a Teacher: Why 2020 Election in NC Will Leave Many With Buyer’s Remorse
FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, file photo, stacks of ballot envelopes waiting to be mailed are seen at the Wake County Board of Elections in Raleigh, N.C. A federal judge has blocked updated North Carolina absentee voting rules that gave voters more leeway to fix witness problems and extended the period when elections boards could accept mailed-in ballots. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File) Elections Right Name, Wrong State: How a Bethel, NC Town Clerk Got A Ballot Meant For Bethel, ME Home
A mural in downtown Goldsboro. (Photo by Billy Ball) Elections Election HQ: Cardinal & Pine’s Live Blog on NC’s 2020 Election
Nida Allam (center) became the first Muslim woman elected to office in North Carolina. (Image via Facebook) Politics ‘A Really Powerful Witness’: How Nida Allam Became NC’s First Muslim Woman in Elected Office
Economy A new report says 20% of North Carolinians with children report not having enough food to eat. (Image via Shutterstock)
Economy 20% of NC Families With Children Say They Can’t Afford Enough Food Right Now

Researchers say millions in NC and across the US are in dire financial straits as federal lawmakers debate another round of coronavirus relief.

Jennifer Bringle Jennifer Bringle July 21, 2020 3:38 pm EDT
Coronavirus Coronavirus has closed more than a quarter of NC's childcare centers, but the economy can't recover without them. (Image via Shutterstock)
Coronavirus Coronavirus Has Closed a Quarter of NC Childcare Centers. But the Economy Can’t Recover Without Them.

With 20% of children in childcare ‘deserts' in North Carolina during the coronavirus, experts say we have to rethink funding for early childhood education.

Sarah Ovaska Sarah Ovaska July 7, 2020 4:18 pm EDT