Black Agrarianism, Herbalism, And The Legacy Of The Tea Room
By Jason Sovodki Special To The Carolinian “We don’t just serve tea. We serve memory. We serve healing. We serve revolution in ceramic cups.” -Joy Lindsay, Planifolia Plant & Tea Shop There is something sacred in the soil. Something older […]
Read MoreThe 20th Anniversary Of Enloe High School’s Charity Ball
By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Enloe Charity Ball is one of the Triangle’s most impactful student-run philanthropic traditions. Founded in 2004 by Rachel Escobar and paused only once, during the COVID year of 2020, the organization has become a […]
Read More150 Years: The Oxford Colored Orphanage
By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The Central Children’s Home of North Carolina-originally founded as the Grant Colored Asylum-stands as one of the most significant African American child-care institutions in the state. Its origins trace back to the Reconstruction era, when […]
Read MoreWho Wins And Who Loses As The US Retires The Penny
The Conversation – By now, Americans know the strange math of minting: Each penny costs about 4 cents to make. Chances are you have some in a jar, or scattered among pockets, purses and car ashtrays. As small as it […]
Read MoreRaleigh Chamber Healthcare Summit Highlights Shortage of Skilled Labor for Hospital Construction
By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Raleigh, NC – The future of healthcare in the Triangle region was the central topic at the Healthcare Summit 2025, presented by the Greater Raleigh Chamber and a coalition of leading healthcare and business organizations. […]
Read MorePolice embrace social workers to help field rising calls tied to homelessness, mental illness
By Rachel Crumpler NC Health News Chris Hatton oversees a 15-officer police force in a small western North Carolina town in Jackson County – a place where he says many calls to 911 aren’t really police matters at all. A […]
Read MoreHow the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving
THE CONVERSATION – Nine in 10 Americans gather around a table to share food on Thanksgiving. At this polarizing moment, anything that promises to bring Americans together warrants our attention. But as a historian of religion, I feel obliged to […]
Read MoreLumbee Tribal Representatives March on Washington
By Jheri Hardaway Staff Writer Washington, DC – The Lumbee Tribal leadership recently traveled to Washington, DC, to lobby for full federal recognition through the Lumbee Fairness Act. Introduced by outgoing Senator Thom Tillis in January of 2025, the Lumbee […]
Read MoreNC Reports Cancer Progress And Gaps As New Plan Rolls Out
By Jordan Meadows Staff Writer The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) has released the 2025-2030 North Carolina Cancer Plan, outlining an ambitious roadmap to reduce cancer incidence, improve early detection, expand treatment access and support survivors […]
Read MoreViola Fletcher, A Tulsa Race Massacre Survivor, Dies At 111
The Guardian-Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she […]
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