by Beacon Media | May 14, 2025 | Healthcare, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina State Politics
More than 14,000 North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities receive ‘Innovations Waiver’ benefits under Medicaid. My son is among those receiving help.
But thousands more North Carolinians with intellectual and developmental disabilities — almost 19,000 of them — are on the “Registry of Unmet Needs,” the waitlist to receive these services under Medicaid.
by Beacon Media | Apr 22, 2025 | Black Community, Local Organizing, Local Politics, North Carolina Community, Uncategorized
An organizer considers his and his town’s past as he confronts a time of political division. By Ryan Wegener Beacon Media Source: UNC Chapel Hill – Documenting the American South Most Confederate monuments face North to represent defending against...
by Beacon Media | Mar 11, 2025 | Healthcare, Politics, U.S. Politics
Republicans in Congress want to gut Medicaid, denying life-saving health care for regular families to cut taxes for billionaires.
by Beacon Media | Feb 25, 2025 | Business, North Carolina, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics
Tax breaks for corporations and the ultra-rich hurt working people, Michael Chameides of the Rural Democracy Initiative argues.
by Beacon Media | Feb 3, 2025 | Elections, Local Politics, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina State Politics, Politics, Reclaiming Rural
As former N.C. Lt Gov. Mark Robinson exits public life, Jacob Brooks reflects on the scandal-plagued former politician.
