>>I’m watching the woman ahead of me in line at the grocery store. She has two young children with her and a basket full of...[Read More]
Tag Archives: poverty
When my family looked for houses, we tried to consider many different variables – school assignments, local parks, access to highways, drive time to work....[Read More]
>> College changed my life. I studied subjects I had never heard of before, worked through challenging concepts I didn’t know I was capable of...[Read More]
>>Have you been to a PTA meeting recently? Or have you volunteered at a food bank or animal shelter? If you have, chances are your...[Read More]
>>My kids are filthy, covered in sweat, with matted hair and huge grins on their faces. They bathe in the cold air blasting on them...[Read More]
>>Two Wake County teens killed in head-on crash. Hertford County 19-year-old dies after losing control of vehicle on icy road. Hickory high school football player...[Read More]
>> It is hard to believe that it was 14 years ago that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) passed with great fanfare, promising to usher...[Read More]
>>Many women in North Carolina are dying younger than their mothers did. That’s a shocker considering that life expectancy in the U.S. is at an...[Read More]
>>The news for North Carolina women has never been better — or worse. Deaths from breast cancer are down; attacks on reproductive health are up....[Read More]
>>BY JANET COLM With legislators focused on reducing access to reproductive health, it is far too easy for them to overlook a slew of other...[Read More]