Why I Left Teaching
Commentary by Lisa Williams I grew up in the culture of teaching. My grandmother was an elementary teacher for 50 years, and when her district forced her into retirement at age 70, she joined the…
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Organizing Amazon Workers in Garner
An interview with Reverend Ryan Brown By Carl Hintz After a successful union card signing campaign, Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Empowerment (CAUSE) has secured a NLRB election. On February 10th through February 15th,…
Elbit Out Of South Carolina Exposes Government Complicity In Genocide
By Elbit Out Of South Carolina LADSON, SC—On January 2, North Charleston Police arrested a local artist participating in a picket of Elbit Systems at their facility in Ladson. The protester is part of the…
Asheville Journalists Sue Over Illegal Arrests
By Kevin Gosztola A news co-op in North Carolina and two journalists convicted of trespassing offenses filed a federal lawsuit alleging that their constitutional rights were violated by Asheville Police Department officers. In December 2021,…
DWA Strengthens Local Labor Movement
By Carl Hintz On October 22nd, 2024, the Durham Workers Assembly met at Durham People’s Solidarity Hub. Twenty-four people were in attendance. The meeting started with time for attendees to socialize and share a dinner…
Climate Denialists Left NC Vulnerable to Hurricane Helene’s Worst Destruction
By Lucy Dean Stockton and Freddy Brewster While North Carolina was once a national leader in renewable energy and climate change resiliency policies, that changed in the early 2010s when Republicans secured control of both…
Solar-Plus-Storage
The quickest, most affordable way to tackle the climate crisis and cut power bills By NC WARN North Carolina regulators persistently go along with Duke Energy’s years-long assault on its only competition: rooftop solar power…
Organizing The South
UE Local 150 Convention in Whitakers, NC By UE Local 150 With the slogan “Resist, Restore and Revitalize!” the 13th Biennial Convention of statewide UE Local 150 convened at the Franklinton Center at Bricks on…
Calls for Death. Anti-Muslim. Dissing Public Schools.
Morrow’s a wild pick for NC schools chief By Myron B. Pitts Michele Morrow is the strongest statement that North Carolina Republicans have made yet on their real thoughts on public education. It is not…
Christian Nationalists Pursue State Capture —
North Carolina Is Exhibit A By Lewis Raven Wallace The Christian right has a new charismatic leader: Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina, who is running a bone-chilling campaign to become the state’s…