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Billy Ball: How Jesse Jackson was vilified — and ultimately redeemed

Billy Ball: How Jesse Jackson was vilified — and ultimately redeemed

by Beacon Media | Feb 25, 2026 | Black Community, Elections, History, Politics, U.S. Politics, Uncategorized

The white South made a villain of a native son, but the region never had a better champion for it on the big stage than the Rev. Jesse Jackson. By Billy Ball The Living South Photo by Fine Photographics on Unsplash In 1984, the Rev. Jesse Jackson lost his campaign for...

Opinion: Small particles, big impacts for our air

by Rose Hoban | Feb 2, 2026 | Environment, North Carolina, U.S. Politics

The editor of N.C. Health News tracks the repeal of an environmental regulation by the EPA and explains how changes to seemingly small regulations have big health impacts. By Rose Hoban N.C. Health News Breathe in. And out. Do it a few more times.  Then think...

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.

Opinion: Has the campaign of fear against Latinos in North Carolina awoken a sleeping giant?

by Beacon Media | Nov 25, 2025 | Latino Community, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, U.S. Politics

Brutal treatment and indiscriminate policing by federal law enforcement shown across social media has galvanized thousands of Latinos in North Carolina and beyond.

Opinion: The children of Latino immigrants have shown me their community’s true story

by Beacon Media | Oct 1, 2025 | Latino Community, North Carolina, U.S. Politics

A high school teacher writes that headlines about immigrants don’t match reality. So he wrote a book about how the Durham, N.C., community rallied behind one particular immigrant facing deportation.

Opinion: It’s not yet time to look back at Hurricane Helene

by Preston Blakely | Sep 23, 2025 | Beacon Voices, Dalton George, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Preston Blakely, U.S. Politics, Western North Carolina

On the anniversary of Hurricane Helene, two Western North Carolina leaders say too much of the recovery from the storm remains unfinished to see the storm as a memory.

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