by Dalton George | Feb 17, 2025 | Appalachia, Climate Crisis, Dalton George, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Local Organizing, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, U.S. Politics, Uncategorized, Western North Carolina
This salamander and the federal Act that protects it shows how government can protect the things we all love. By Dalton George The Hellbender salamander Kids ran around their parents’ legs, waving a sticker adorned with two Eastern Hellbenders, adding to a...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | Feb 9, 2025 | Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Local Organizing, North Carolina Community, Politics, Reclaiming Rural, Uncategorized
Amazon worker’s efforts in Garner, N.C., will help workers across the entire state and South. By Gwen Frisbie-Fulton While I’ve spent most of my life in the South, and most of that in North Carolina, I did spend a few years in Indiana. There was a lot to get used to....
by Jeremy Markovich | Oct 15, 2024 | Climate Crisis, Environment, Hurricane Helene, Hurricanes, Jeremy Markovich, Local Organizing, North Carolina Community, Reclaiming Rural, Uncategorized, Western North Carolina
In Black Mountain town leaders are getting information out with a method that’s been around for centuries. By Jeremy Markovich N.C. Rabbit Hole I’ve been doomscrolling quite a bit lately, mostly because there seems to be no end to pictures of the destruction...
by Beacon Media | Jun 4, 2024 | Education, Elections, Local Organizing, Local Politics, North Carolina, North Carolina State Politics, Politics, Uncategorized
Veteran campaign finance expert says political donations are driving school privatization By Bob Hall NC Newsline Despite strong opposition, the North Carolina Senate voted this month to boost enrollment in privately run K-12 schools by doubling state...
by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton | May 13, 2024 | Environment, Gwen Frisbie-Fulton, Politics, Uncategorized
Local organizing, new investments mean a power shift By Gwen Frisbie-Fulton In a small church on the outskirts of Smithfield on a Sunday afternoon, people are comparing light bills. One woman reports that her electrical costs could reach $700 in the summer when...
by Jeremy Markovich | Dec 7, 2022 | Jeremy Markovich, Uncategorized
Things were more fun without licensing departments By Jeremy Markovich The sticker you are looking at is NC State’s beloved Mr. Wuf FEASTING UPON THE CARCASS OF A DEAD RAMESES. I’m really weirded out by a wolf in a sweater feasting upon the bones of a ram in a...
