>>For >>820,000 NC children, summer means more than being hot and bored. These kids receive free or reduced lunch during the school year — and...[Read More]
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>>The countdown to summer break is on. If your teen doesn’t need to work, summer break means sleeping in, hanging out by the pool, or...[Read More]
>>For many of us, politics belong on that list of topics – along with sex and religion – that you don’t talk about in polite...[Read More]
>> This article referred to a previous version of this bill, which would have made political activity a misdemeanor. The current bill still includes the...[Read More]
>>BY SARA LANG When I first started working in politics, people asked me all the time, “When are you going to run for office?” I...[Read More]
>>BY JANET COLM When I first got the invitation to join a group of women who were going to Washington, D.C. to lobby, I wanted to...[Read More]
>>BY NASHONDA COOKE “You’re just a woman. What can you do?” These words pierced through me. This was a comment I received from a male...[Read More]
>>BY MELISSA GEIL In Durham, North Carolina, over 20,000 students—just about 65% of all the students in the district—receive a >>free or reduced lunch at...[Read More]
>>After interviewing hundreds of people over the years, and learning about everything from knee replacements to presidential politics, it’s not often I meet someone who...[Read More]
>>Last week, I was invited to speak at a master’s level social work class. They wanted me to talk about getting involved in government. When...[Read More]