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Martin Henson: It’s time to address ‘church hurt’

by Martin Henson | May 28, 2025 | Faith, Martin Henson, North Carolina Community

The church can play an important role in American society again but both the church and those who might attend have a responsibility in addressing harms.

Ernestine Ledbetter: Duke Energy’s costly plans don’t help bills or the environment 

Ernestine Ledbetter: Duke Energy’s costly plans don’t help bills or the environment 

by Beacon Media | May 20, 2025 | Affordability, Climate crisis, Environment, Local Organizing, Local Politics, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics

The 74-year-old retiree wants Duke Energy to stop raising her bills and endangering the planet. 

Ryan Wegener: How a Confederate monument shows what’s possible

by Beacon Media | Apr 22, 2025 | Black Community, Local Organizing, Local Politics, North Carolina Community, Uncategorized

An organizer considers his and his town’s past as he confronts a time of political division.  By Ryan Wegener Beacon Media  Source: UNC Chapel Hill – Documenting the American South Most Confederate monuments face North to represent defending against...

Gwen Frisbie-Fulton: A love letter to the working class

by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Apr 1, 2025 | Affordability, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Local Organizing, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural

The writer reflects on her love of all things associated with the working class.  By Gwen Frisbie-Fulton Working Class Storytelling City of Greenville, North Carolina, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons It started in the back seat of my family’s Jeep Cherokee, the...

Jeremy Markovich: There is no such thing as a Durham accent

by Jeremy Markovich | Mar 18, 2025 | Jeremy Markovich, North Carolina, North Carolina Community

People are all up in arms about the North Carolina accents from the latest season of “The White Lotus.” So where exactly did they come from? By Jeremy Markovich Beacon Media Jason Isaacs with Morgana O’Reilly on Season 3 of “The White Lotus.”...
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