Two worlds: One snuck cigarettes as a teen. The other labored in NC’s tobacco fields.
Beacon Media’s Community Media Liaison Bri Brough, who is also a photographer, spent the day recently with Beacon Voice Yesenia Cuello and heard her story.
Opinion: The price of eggs isn’t my fault
A Hillsborough, N.C., author and farmer knows about the economics of eggs from the perch of his small farm.
Opinion: A life in the shadows of North Carolina fields
A former child farmworker and the daughter of immigrants reflects on her life and the current moment.
Melissa Castillo: Let’s stop breaking our promise to migrant workers
The deportations happening in North Carolina are the continuation of a long line of broken promises to our migrant workforce.
President Jimmy Carter’s Christian legacy
Writer and organizer Stevie Brooks says remembering President Carter’s legacy should prompt some religious reflection in North Carolina.
Oh, (Sigh) Christmas Tree
Christmas tree farm politics is a real thing in Western North Carolina this holiday season. It shouldn’t be.