Dan Crawford: North Carolina needs bold leadership for the environment

by | Dec 30, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Elections, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Uncategorized

Dan Crawford: North Carolina needs bold leadership for the environment N.C. Gov.-elect Josh Stein has shown leadership on environmental issues. He should continue. By Dan Crawford N.C. League of Conservation Voters Working together, states and the federal government...

A government official encounters disinformation after Helene 

by | Dec 9, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Dalton George, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Reclaiming Rural

A Town Council member fights for people — and the truth. Just a day after Helene passed in late September, I found myself restless to do something to help.  An event with that scale of destruction often highlights the skills we lack. But I knew that folks were...

The fight for public education

by | Dec 3, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Education, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Kimberly Jones, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Reclaiming Rural, WNC

The fight for public education in the wake of Hurricane Helene North Carolina’s public schools are on the front lines of disaster recovery By Kimberly Jones  Beacon Media The devastation brought by Hurricane Helene to western North Carolina has left communities...

How do we find candidates who represent the working class?

by | Nov 18, 2024 | Elections, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Local Organizing, North Carolina, North Carolina Community, North Carolina Politics, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics

This election shows that those who lead us should be the same people who make our society go. By Gwen Frisbie-Fulton Beacon Media I grew up tagging along behind my dad at construction sites. He would find a hard hat for me to wear, and it would wobble around on my...