>>BY SARA Y. LANG Not so many years ago, I was what people call a politico. I ate, slept, and breathed politics, government and all...[Read More]
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>>BY TIFFANY FRYE The 21st century workplace stinks for families. Many companies offer little to no paid sick leave or maternity leave, and >>childcare now officially costs...[Read More]
>>BY ASHLEY MCINTYRE For so many years, I took Martin Luther King Jr. Day off. Like everyone else, I didn’t have to go to work...[Read More]
>>BY MELISSA GEIL At the beginning of each month, I write two checks from my bank account. One to my older daughter’s preschool, and one...[Read More]
>>BY SARA LANG There’s an old joke about the similarities between lawmaking and sausage-making: neither of them are something you want to see, and watching turns...[Read More]
>>BY SIMONE LEIRO A woman serving in the U.S. Armed Forces is more likely to be sexually assaulted by another member of the U.S. military than...[Read More]
>>BY JENNIFER BRICK Perhaps you saw the bumper stickers: “North Carolina: first in flight, last in education,” and, “It’s a good thing the Wright brothers...[Read More]
>>BY LEANNE SIMON It started with a headache. My youngest son is not a complainer, so when he woke up in tears, we knew something...[Read More]
>>BY ASHLEY MCINTYRE Over the last 25 years, young Latina women (specifically teens) have more likely than their Black, Asian, and Caucasian peers to attempt...[Read More]
BY SALLY GREENE >>MDC, Inc., the Durham-based nonprofit, has just published its periodic “>>State of the South” report, in which it takes the measure of the economic and...[Read More]