by Graig Meyer | Nov 26, 2025 | Beacon Voices, Graig Meyer, Latino Community, Migration, North Carolina, U.S. Politics
When federal immigration enforcement agents deployed to Charlotte, Raleigh, Durham and other places around North Carolina, terrifying and haphazard arrests ensued. Graig Meyer has some questions for the people behind the masks.
by Stevie Brooks | Nov 18, 2025 | Affordability, Beacon Voices, North Carolina, Stevie Brooks
One effort shows that area farms can play a role in helping to feed people. Will that be enough with the current crisis in food assistance?
by Preston Blakely | Nov 5, 2025 | Beacon Voices, Elections, Labor, Local Politics, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, Preston Blakely
Cleaning and vacuuming taught the mayor of Fletcher, N.C., a small Western North Carolina town near Asheville, what a gavel never could about leadership and how to be a mayor.
by Kimberly Jones | Oct 28, 2025 | Beacon Voices, Education, Kimberly Jones
Deep cuts and layoffs to the U.S. Department of Education endanger our students and our democracy in North Carolina.
by Martin Henson | Oct 14, 2025 | Beacon Voices, Black Community, History, Martin Henson, North Carolina
The writer argues that the murder of a white woman by a Black man on a train in Charlotte, N.C., became the latest incident used for political convenience by our leaders.
by Shannon Moretz | Sep 30, 2025 | Beacon Voices, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Shannon Moretz, Western North Carolina
After-action reports show state and local officials weren’t ready. Let’s prepare now before the next disaster.