North Carolina Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green has a plan for her second term: she wants to induct a student poet laureate in every high...[Read More]
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While Sexual Assault Awareness Month is a great time to talk about sexual assault as an intersectional, public health issue that affects us all, it...[Read More]
Don’t get me wrong: I love my guy poets. Edgar Allan Poe and his “tintinnabulation of the bells” and “Quoth the Raven ‘Nevermore,’” give me...[Read More]
Abortion
This article is a part two to the article – Women’s History Month: History of Abortion in NC, 1973 – 2020, which was published on...[Read More]
The Supreme Court made abortion legal in the United States 48 years ago, when Roe v. Wade was decided on January 22, 1973. In a...[Read More]
In late March, the state of Texas outlawed abortions with the Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stating abortions are “elective surgery” and medical supplies used...[Read More]
Mental Health
Shared with permission from davidsonlocal.com Trigger Warning: Suicide With the conclusion of Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, the growing amount of suicides and rate of depression...[Read More]
Mental illness is a struggle many people face, but it’s especially prevalent in the LGBTQIA+ community because of the discrimination they experience. Further, despite the...[Read More]
The COVID-19 quarantine has challenged many of us in a variety of ways, from navigating school and work virtually to missing fun opportunities and traditions...[Read More]