by Pat Moran | Oct 29, 2020 | POLITICS
With Sen. Jeff Jackson barred from campaigning during National Guard training, Marisa Jackson steps into her first (and last?) campaign. “This is outside of my comfort zone,” admits Marisa Jackson. “But I knew I had to rise to the occasion and finish his campaign as...
by Araceli Cruz | Oct 29, 2020 | IMMIGRATION
The Trump administration separated thousands of children from their families at the border between 2017 and 2018, and 545 children remain without their families. In a new ad, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said he plans to reunite 545 undocumented...
by Michael McElroy | Oct 29, 2020 | POLITICS
In the furious final days of campaigning, Biden and Trump make their case in an economically struggling NC county that’s home to thousands of Lumbee. The Lumbee Tribe is tired of waiting. Though one of the largest tribes east of the Mississippi, the Lumbees in...
by Sarah Ovaska | Oct 28, 2020 | POLITICS
How a divisive partisan election and the coronavirus pandemic are impacting staggering early vote turnout in North Carolina. After clocking out of her overnight shift at an injection molding factory shift, Charity Brown headed into the fieldhouse at the...
by Kim Mackey | Oct 28, 2020 | POLITICS
It’s been a punishing decade for North Carolina educators like myself. Here’s why I’m voting to remove lawmakers who played a part in dismantling schools. As North Carolinians head to the polls, parents and educators like me hope they understand that the...