Op-ed by Laura Gibney On August 25, many North Carolinians were made aware of a direct connection between their state and the dystopian images on their television and social media screens of starved unarmed Palestinians…
Commentary by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton One of my favorite photos of my friend Jason Dunkin is a selfie he took where he’s grinning ear to ear. He’s sitting across from his local city commissioners, who are…
By R Allen Wight In March of this year at UNC Chapel Hill, the winning candidate for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Government (GPSG) was disqualified for a minor infraction against election rules….
By Jacob Flowers One afternoon a few weeks ago, I joined AFSC North Carolina staff and volunteers at the Guilford County courthouse to monitor eviction proceedings. Our staff members CC Crawford and Devyn Rascoe had…
By Durham Dispatch On May 7, around 150 people gathered at Lyon Park Community Center to launch Durham Rising, an alliance of labor unions and progressive organizations pushing for an improved relationship between Duke University,…
An Interview with Michael Burger of Tri-Area Ministry Food Pantry By Matt Moss How have the changes to TEFAP affected Tri-Area Ministry’s ability to serve our community? It’s nuanced. There are three food banks in…
By Public Schools First NC The 2024-25 school year was the first year that North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship taxpayer-funded private school voucher program became universally available. For the first time, all families could apply to…
By R. Allen Wight El Futuro Es Nuestro, or “It’s Our Future (IOF),” organizes H2-A and immigrant farmworkers in North Carolina and advocates on their behalf. The organization initially materialized out of grassroots demands for…
By Michael Hewlett Mina Ezikpe went to a morning meeting of Central Piedmont Community College’s board of trustees on March 12 with a friend and part-time student, Eboni Exceus, to learn more about a plan…
How 15 years of budget cutting has impacted NC Commentary by Rob Schofield Several important policy priorities have defined conservative Republican governance of North Carolina during the last 15 years – the culture wars, the…