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When I was in middle school, it was the norm for all of the kids to group themselves based on physical characteristics. Black kids sat...[Read More]
Recently in my work at a middle school, I was the staff member attending a class taught by a guest dance teacher. This delightful 80...[Read More]
Thank you Anna Lynch for this really insightful piece!
Can Community Dialogues Save Us?
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As the walls of the echo chambers in which we live begin to close in on us, we realize that we need to actually talk to one another rather than shout. Over the past year, I have engaged in my own v…HuffPost
If Democratic nominee Gina Ortiz Jones for Congress wins a Texas U.S. House seat in the November midterm elections, she will make history three times over.
"To put it bluntly, they just get more shit done: A woman legislator, on average, passed twice as many bills as a male legislator in one recent session of Congress."
10 million gallons of sludge from frack-sand mining turned the Tremplealeau River orange in Wisconsin. One more reminder of why we need to #banfracking and #protectcleanwater now.
Interesting research from the NC Justice Center released today.
www.ncjustice.org/?q=health/ncjc-brief-how-north-carolina-limited-federal-health-care-harm-2018-o...
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In October 2017, President Trump announced that the administration would immediately stop reimbursing health insurance companies for providing legally required discounts on deductibles and other out-of-pocket costs on Marketplace plans to eligible enrollees. The cancellation of payment for these con...www.cnn.com/2018/05/24/entertainment/morgan-freeman-accusations/index.html
Women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior, harassment
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Eight women accuse Morgan Freeman of inappropriate behavior. They say it happened on movie sets, at his company and in interviews.We’re just gonna leave this right here ...
A sinkhole at the White House has given "drain the swamp" a whole new meaning.
Something tells us ballots across the country will look VERY different in November. Congratulations Stacey Abrams on your primary win!
www.cnn.com/2018/05/22/politics/georgia-governor-race-stacey-abrams/index.html
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Stacey Abrams will win the Democratic primary in Georgia's gubernatorial race Tuesday, CNN projects, becoming the first black woman in the nation to hold a major party's nomination for governor.Did you know about North Carolina's incredible wind potential? Did you also know that right now the growth of the clean energy is being held back by the state? Thanks to Southeastern Wind Coalition and The Nature Conservancy for this really informative piece.
NC Communities Await End to Wind Moratorium
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By Katharine Kollins, President of the Southeastern Wind Coalition Last year, North Carolina became the first state in the Southeast to host a commercial-scale wind farm. The Amazon Wind Far…AdvaNCe You
By Susan Lupton, Center for Responsible Lending In 2005, Scott Pelley interviewed a North Carolina woman on 60 Minutes named Sandra Harris, a Wilmington radio...[Read More]
By Gina Andersen, Triangle Community Foundation Community Programs Officer On average, 15% of people in the Triangle are living at or below the federal poverty...[Read More]
It’s just past 2 am. I’m studying his nose. It’s tiny and delicate, slightly spread like my grandfather’s was. There have been many sleepless nights...[Read More]