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Two worlds: One snuck cigarettes as a teen. The other labored in NC’s tobacco fields.

by Briana Brough | Nov 14, 2025 | Agriculture, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural

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.

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...
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