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Affordability
A third of parents are putting career plans on hold due to the cost of childcare—even here in North Carolina
| May 14, 2025
Affordability | CHILDCARE | Community | CULTURE | LIFESTYLE | national politics | North Carolina | OPINION | PARENTING
We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
House GOP fast-tracks budget bill that would cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood
| May 13, 2025
Abortion is already excluded from coverage—the new bill is going after all health care services the clinics provide for low-income Americans.
You’re paying taxes today—but are billionaires and big corporations dodging theirs?
| April 15, 2025
Affordability | CHILDCARE | Community | ECONOMY | Gander | NATIONAL NEWS | US HOUSE | women's health
Congress is prioritizing the ultra-wealthy and corporate greed over everyday American people this tax season. Now, community organizations across the US are fighting back—here’s how you can get involved.
Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: ‘The people closest to the problem are often the ones who can find the solution’
| March 24, 2025
About two years ago, tents started to show up in my neighborhood along the creek beds and in small stands of trees. Most only became visible when the leaves fell, exposing their orange rainflies and blue tarps. This increase in houselessness didn’t feel surprising to me or to my neighbors: The rent has nearly doubled […]
‘You have cancer’: New Bern native hopes a local lawmaker’s plan will help more men survive ‘the Big C’
| March 11, 2025
Affordability | HEALTH | HEALTHCARE | Lead Story | NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY | NC HOUSE | NC LAW | NC POLITICS | New Bern | RURAL HEALTHCARE
Rep. Rodney D. Pierce, a Democrat representing Halifax, Northampton, and Warren counties, has an idea for a statewide screening program to help men detect prostate cancer before it’s too late.