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Melissa Castillo: In North Carolina fields, a ministry of tamales

by Beacon Media | Dec 29, 2025 | Immigration, Migration

An underground economy helps immigrants survive, sometimes with a little humanity. Can we learn from that to reform our immigration system so it recognizes reality? By Melissa Castillo Beacon Media It’s Wednesday afternoon in Sampson County, and I watch as Juana’s...

Opinion: A year after Helene, N.C. Christmas tree farms are rebounding

by Beacon Media | Dec 22, 2025 | Agriculture, Hurricane Helene, Opinion, Western North Carolina

Hurricane Helene did a number on the five counties that make North Carolina the second-largest Christmas tree producing state. But today there is already a sense of optimism from local farmers.

Sam Grote: Duke Energy’s rate hike exposes a broken system

by Beacon Media | Dec 16, 2025 | Duke Energy, Uncategorized

Duke Energy’s latest request to the state to increase our power bills even more exposes our broken regulatory system. Learn why it’s happening—and how you can fight back. By Sam Grote N.C. Business Impact Forum In October, Duke Energy told regulators and the public...

Opinion: Has the campaign of fear against Latinos in North Carolina awoken a sleeping giant?

by Beacon Media | Nov 25, 2025 | Latino Community, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, U.S. Politics

Brutal treatment and indiscriminate policing by federal law enforcement shown across social media has galvanized thousands of Latinos in North Carolina and beyond.

A Rosh Hashanah Sermon: Revisiting Our Truths as an Act of Teshuvah

by Beacon Media | Nov 1, 2025 | History, North Carolina

Let us question ourselves and what we think we know as an act of empathy, Rabbi Hannah Bender of Judea Reform synagogue argued in their Rosh Hashanah or New Year’s sermon in September.

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