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…
REI Union Organizer in Durham Wins Settlement By Durham Dispatch An REI Union organizer fired in May 2023 has reached a settlement with the outdoor retailer. Steven Pitts, a leader of the union drive at…
Eastern Kentucky to Western NC and back again: “We know what it’s like” By Katie Myers When the rivers and creeks running through eastern Kentucky jumped their banks and flooded a wide swath of the…
By Lisa Sorg State Sen. Paul Newton introduced Senate Bill 261 in early March with the gusto of a car salesman: “I’m here to offer you an opportunity to save North Carolina billions of dollars,”…
By Jenn Frye It’s November 15, 2024 and I’m in a room so packed with people that I wish I were wearing a t-shirt instead of my Carolina Federation hoodie. More than 50 lead canvassers…