Breastfeeding is no easy task for all mothers, there is dedication, time, patience and pain, mixed with the never ending debate of breastfeeding in public...[Read More]
Family Issues
Articles This week the Senate Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions and Family Policy held a hearing on a proposal that they claim could give...[Read More]
By Olivia Neal and Joy Ayioka According to the Council for Women and Youth Involvement, the gender wage gap will not close until 2060....[Read More]
By Kevin Rogers, Action NC I don’t take my Father’s Day for granted, and it’s for a good reason: mine almost didn’t happen. It started...[Read More]
It has been the Year of the Woman. We’re kicking butt in the primaries, exercising our power through the #MeToo movement and promising that come...[Read More]
By Beth Messersmith Hunger is a constant challenge here in the Tar Heel State. While it may not dominate every news cycle, one in 7...[Read More]
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]
Equal Pay Day is once again upon us, a date symbolizing how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in...[Read More]
Editor’s Note: This originally was published on June 5, 2017, but we believe the information is important. Tomorrow is Equal Pay Day. The day...[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]