Health
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Don Davis and Laurie Buckhout: Meet the US House candidates in NC-01
For the second straight cycle, Rep. Don Davis, a Democrat and Air Force veteran, will face Army veteran Laurie Buckhout, a Republican.
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Researchers reflect on new NC air quality monitoring system
After more than a year of activity, a new North Carolina air quality monitoring tool has helped community members gather crucial information about environmental health.
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Mental health clinic offering ketamine therapy to veterans opens in Pinehurst, Charlotte
How one North Carolina doctor hopes to treat veterans living with post-traumatic stress disorder and depression through ketamine therapy.
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Your guide taking action in North Carolina, July 11 – July 16
This week, there are countless opportunities to canvass, protest, and get involved in North Carolina’s democracy. We’ve included events across the state, both in person and virtual.
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Opinion: North Carolina can help lead the fight for real abortion access
In the South, where abortion access remains especially vulnerable, grassroots organizing may be the key to securing reproductive freedom for the future.
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This 36-year-old is the CEO of four abortion clinics in NC and GA
Calla Hales is carrying on a family legacy by providing abortion care for women across the South.
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They’re uninsured after Obamacare became too costly. And they’re far from alone.
Some families have decided the price is too great of a financial burden and canceled their coverage.
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North Carolina medical examiners are taking time off to protest poor pay
Without them, bodies will stack up at morgues and funeral homes in North Carolina, and some death certificates won’t be signed.
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Stillbirths are (still) affecting NC. A Murdock bill aims to change that
NC loses an average of 723 babies to stillbirth every year. Sen. Natalie Murdock’s bill would fund new counseling, training and outreach that advocates say could save roughly hundreds of those babies annually.
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North Carolina is suing Trump’s Department of Education. Here’s why
North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson says a Trump administration rule capping loans for nursing students is “unlawful.”
