Stories tagged: "mental health"

Climate President Joe Biden hands the pen he used to sign the Democrats' landmark climate change and health care bill to Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., watches in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Climate 5 Ways Democrats Have Helped North Carolina Under Biden’s Leadership

The Biden administration and Democrats in Congress have passed an array of bills aiming to improve the U.S. economy and infrastructure, invest in physical and mental health, and combat climate change.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil August 18, 2022 10:49 am EDT
Mental health It's ok to take a break from the heavy news. It's essential, matter of fact. (Shutterstock)
Mental health It’s Ok To Look Away

For a minute at least. To be a change-maker, you have to take care of yourself too.

Billy Ball Billy Ball May 27, 2022 4:40 pm EDT
Health A rare advisory from the US Surgeon General's Office warns that our young people are struggling with their mental health. (Shutterstock)
Health Our Young People Are Not OK

A rare public advisory from the US Surgeon General’s Office warns of a mental health emergency among young people. Here are ways you can help, North Carolina. 

Michael McElroy Michael McElroy December 16, 2021 9:06 am EST
Environment An early 20th century painting by Franz von Stuck, called A Swing in the Woods, depicts a red-haired woman, naked with buttocks exposed, enjoying a sling hung between two trees in a wooded, secluded area. To her right is a male figure, also nude, with arms raised in a pushing motion.
Environment Don’t Get Naked, and Other Rules for New Nature Enthusiasts in NC

Here are seven rules reformed couch potatoes need to know when embracing the great outdoors in North Carolina.

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright June 25, 2021 2:54 pm EDT
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Mental health Thanksgiving Is Going to Be Weird This Year. Here’s How to Cope.

A behavioral psychologist says the first step to coping with a different Thanksgiving is acknowledging the strangeness of the times.

Page Leggett Page Leggett November 23, 2020 1:02 pm EST

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Republican candidate for U.S. House of Representatives Bo Hines, of North Carolina, speaks to the crowd before former President Donald Trump takes the stage at a rally Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Selma, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) Elections Here’s Where the 14 NC Republicans Running for Congress Stand on Abortion
The Durham artist is a leader in the local music scene. (Image via Sonicbids.com) Music Being Shirlette Ammons: The Durham Musician on Embracing Life as a Queer, Black Woman in the South 
Bennett College team, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1934. Ruth Glover is third from left. (Courtesy of the Greensboro Historical Museum.) Culture The Night the Sports World Revolved Around Two Black Women’s Basketball Teams in Greensboro
A crowd of people gathered outside the Supreme Court in May, days before the Republican-dominated court overturned Roe v. Wade. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Commentary My Abortion Saved My Life. Don’t Take This Choice Away From Other Women
Coronavirus Practicing what she preaches, NC's Margot Rossi wanders in the NC woods.
Coronavirus Between COVID and the Election, We Need to Chill. A NC Yoga Instructor Tells Us How.

Feeling overwhelmed with coronavirus and election stress? Yeah, we are too. Here are some tips on how to unplug and breathe.

Sue Wasserman Sue Wasserman October 27, 2020 12:11 pm EDT
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Coronavirus Experts Warn of ‘Dramatic Increase’ in Suicides as Unemployment and Evictions Continue

And Republicans are still refusing to pass a bill to extend federal unemployment benefits and a federal moratorium on evictions.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers August 13, 2020 3:45 pm EDT