Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: On Black Friday, honoring the retail workers
As millions hunt for deals and fill their carts on Black Friday and during this holiday season, remember and honor the people who make it possible.
Graig Meyer: An Open Letter to an ICE Agent in a Mask
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.
Opinion: Has the campaign of fear against Latinos in North Carolina awoken a sleeping giant?
Brutal treatment and indiscriminate policing by federal law enforcement shown across social media has galvanized thousands of Latinos in North Carolina and beyond.
Stevie Brooks: As communities struggle with hunger, food is all around us
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?
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.
Preston Blakely: What wielding a vacuum has taught me about power
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.