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Rev. C.J. Brinson: Remembering activist Fannie Lou Hamer can show us the way forward 

by C.J. Brinson | Mar 18, 2025 | Black Community, Faith, History, Local Organizing, Politics, Rev. C.J. Brinson

Greensboro pastor C.J. Brinson says that attacks on marginalized communities should not make anyone despair or tune out.  By C.J. Brinson Beacon Media Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights leader, in 1964. Credit: Ken Thompson Collection, Global Ministries, The...
Rose Hoban: Amid flu deaths in N.C., warning signs already for next year

Rose Hoban: Amid flu deaths in N.C., warning signs already for next year

by Rose Hoban | Mar 11, 2025 | Healthcare, Politics, Rose Hoban, U.S. Politics

The Trump administration’s withdrawal from meetings that establish the flu virus has experts worried.

Raven MacFarlane-Bradbrook: We need Medicaid more than billionaires need tax cuts 

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.

Rose Hoban: Will the kind of research that saved my life still be funded in the future?

Rose Hoban: Will the kind of research that saved my life still be funded in the future?

by Rose Hoban | Mar 4, 2025 | Healthcare, Politics, Rose Hoban, U.S. Politics

Rose Hoban, the editor of N.C. Health News, reacts to recent changes to federal healthcare budgets. 

Dalton George: How the Hellbender unites North Carolina’s mountains

Dalton George: How the Hellbender unites North Carolina’s mountains

by Dalton George | Feb 17, 2025 | Appalachia, Climate crisis, Dalton George, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Local Organizing, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics, Western North Carolina

This salamander and the federal Act that protects it shows how government can protect the things we all love.

Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: It’s been time for Southern unions

by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Feb 9, 2025 | Affordability, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Local Organizing, North Carolina Community, Politics, Reclaiming Rural

Amazon worker’s efforts in Garner, N.C., will help workers across the entire state and South.

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