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Graig Meyer: An Open Letter to an ICE Agent in a Mask

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.

Stevie Brooks: As communities struggle with hunger, food is all around us

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?

Preston Blakely: What wielding a vacuum has taught me about power

Preston Blakely: What wielding a vacuum has taught me about power

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.

Kimberly Jones: Access to a good education is a civil right. How do we plan to enforce it?

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.

Martin Henson: A murder on a Charlotte train, exploited for Black blood

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.

Shannon Moretz: Let’s learn from preparation mistakes before the next Helene

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.

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