Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. She and her husband spent July in the garlic fields, kneeling on the scorched earth as temperatures hovered above 105 degrees.
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How a Hip-Hop Mindset Can Help Teachers in a Time of Turmoil
While hip-hop has created a lot of good memories, good music and good times, the culture has gifted society much more than just entertainment.
Opinion | Latest Political Power Grab will Hit North Carolinians at Home
The energy transition could help our democracy flourish. But, in North Carolina, powerful industries and their political allies are doing everything they can to roll back progress – wasting our money and keeping us locked into an outdated and polluting fossil fuel economy.
NC House Prices Increase, But Remain Lower Than National Prices
In June 2023, home prices in the United States decreased by 0.83 percent compared to last year to a median price of $425,177, according to data from Redfin.
Total Jobs Increase Nationwide
The United States added 187,000 new jobs in July, according to the monthly report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Average hourly wages rose 4.4 percent from a year earlier, slightly more than officials expected.
Youth-Led Nonprofit Works to Transform Rural NC Health, Wellness
Rural areas in North Carolina have long been grappling with limited access to services, from health care to internet access, and a unique nonprofit group is taking on these challenges and others, with young people at the helm.
A New Law Is Supposed to Protect Pregnant Workers — But What If We Don’t Know How?
Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew.
New Plan Aims to Preserve NC Coastal Landscapes
North Carolina’s 220,000 acres of salt marsh are in danger of being drowned out or washed away, but groups around the state are banning together to try to stop it from happening.
Opinion | “Big Brother” Bill that Would Establish Dangerous Precedent is Back
Perhaps it was wishful thinking. More than two months ago in this space, I explained why a seemingly innocuous state House bill is actually a hugely dangerous example of big government treading in an area in which it has no rightful place.
To Reduce Childhood Hunger, NC Providing Free Meals to Kids This Summer
In North Carolina’s push to curb childhood hunger, schools will provide locally sourced food to millions of youth this summer.