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Commentary A North Carolina labor organizer talks about the value of Black, working-class voters in the 2022 election. (Shutterstock)
Commentary Republicans Don’t Want Black, Working-Class Voters To Turn Out

A worker from Charlotte on how crucial it is for working-class North Carolinians to vote this year. 

Frenchie Barnes Frenchie Barnes September 26, 2022 12:03 pm EDT
Labor A freight train runs through the middle of downtown Enfield, North Carolina in June. (Photo by Michael McElroy, Cardinal & Pine)
Labor How a Last-Minute Deal Brokered by the White House Averted a Costly Rail Strike for N.C.

North Carolina is a major corridor for freight lines, and a strike would have made existing supply-line disruptions even worse across the state and nationally. 

Amie Rivers September 16, 2022 4:01 pm EDT
Economy America's central bank approved an historic interest rate hike Wednesday. But what does that mean for your groceries? (Shutterstock)
Economy Here’s What the Historic Interest Rate Hike Has To Do With Your Groceries

 It’s the biggest single rate increase since Bill Clinton was president. But will it help? 

Jeremy Borden Jeremy Borden June 16, 2022 11:15 am EDT
Economy Starbucks employees and supporters react as votes are read during a union-election watch party in New York in 2021. The labor movement at the coffee giant is gaining steam in the U.S. Workers at a Boone location became the first Starbucks location to unionize in NC in May. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex, File)
Economy How Workers at a Boone Starbucks Beat the Odds to Start a Union

In May, a western NC coffee shop became the first location in the state to form a labor union.

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy June 8, 2022 3:23 pm EDT

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