Back Yard


Tenants Organize State-Wide

By Greg Childress Two years ago, Crystal Towers residents in Winston-Salem successfully fought to prevent the sale of their public housing building, which is home to more than 200 low-income, elderly tenants. In Raleigh, Grosvenor…


NC Truck Workers Reach Deal with Daimler

By Jack Ewing The United Automobile Workers reached an 11th-hour deal on Friday, April 26 with Daimler Truck in North Carolina that gave workers 25 percent raises over the next four years and averted a…


These Hands

Solidarity in tapestry for Volkswagen workers Commentary by Tabitha Arnold Last weekend, I brought my new tapestry to the big community rally for Volkswagen work­ers ahead of their much-anticipated union vote. Just minutes before I…



What Does It Take to Organize Immigrant

Workers in the South? By FLOC Media At 7:30 a.m. workers begin filing into the large tin building, surrounded by heavy machinery and pallets stacked high. Tucked away amongst sweet potato farms in rural North…




Educating for Democracy

By Michael Schwalbe The latest case of right-wing Republican meddling in the curriculum of North Carolina’s public universities comes in the form of a proposed requirement, engineered by the political appointees who constitute the UNC…


‘Shame!’ LNG Plant Opponents Rage

By Lisa Sorg It took nearly two hours for dozens of opponents of a proposed liquified natural gas plant in Person County to ex­plain how the project—aspects of which have been crafted in secret—would harm…