In North Carolina, many rural moms are often left without needed postpartum care, despite growing awareness of maternal health risks.

Hundreds showed up at the "Disenfranchised Disco" recently in Alamance County to protest Republicans' attempt to throw out 60,000 voters in the NC Supreme Court election.

Our Cardinal & Pine reporter Jessica F. Simmons caught up with Justice Allison Riggs, the winning candidate in that election, who talked to her about solidarity during "hard times."