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By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press [caption id="attachment_12985" align="alignright" width="326"] Stanley Furniture, the largest employer in Graham County, announced it would be closing its manufacturing plant, laying off about 400 workers in this county of about 8,600. Gwen Albers/Carolina Public Press[/caption] When Shaun Adams was laid off by Stanley Furniture in 2014, he was beyond frustrated. Not only was he losing his job at the furniture manufacturing plant, but

WUNC | By Colin Campbell State lawmakers are trying to address long lines at the Division of Motor Vehicles by making it easier to renew driver's licenses online. DMV offices have been dealing with a surge in people trying to get a REAL ID under new federal requirements. Rep. Reece Pyrtle, R-Rockingham, says people who get their REAL ID shouldn't have to come back to the DMV in the following years.

By: Robbie Sequeira Stateline State lawmakers across the country filed more bills to restrict or protect libraries and readers in the first half of this year than last year, a new report found. The split fell largely along geographic lines, according to the report from EveryLibrary, a group that advocates against book bans and censorship. Between January and July 2025, lawmakers introduced 133 bills that the organization deemed harmful to

By: Amanda Hernández Stateline Amid recent political rhetoric about rising crime and violence in American cities, a new analysis shows that violent crime has continued to decline this year. Homicides and several other serious offenses, including gun assaults and carjackings, dropped during the first half of 2025 across 42 U.S. cities, continuing a downward trend that began in 2022, according to a new crime trends report released Thursday by the

NEW YORK (July 25, 2025) - Youth delegates from 38 nations joined distinguished veteran human rights advocates at the United Nations Headquarters to deliver a powerful indictment of global injustices - from state-sanctioned discrimination and human trafficking to nuclear threats and systemic violence - at the 19th International Human Rights Summit.  The three-day event, held under the theme, "Education for Peace," was hosted by United for Human Rights and Youth

[caption id="attachment_12950" align="alignnone" width="1536"] Photo of Shantel Arnold (Kathleen Flynn/Special to ProPublica)[/caption] By Richard A. Webster Verite News Louisiana passed a new police accountability law following allegations of civil rights violations against a sheriff's deputy caught on video dragging a Black woman by her hair and slamming her head into the ground. The woman, Shantel Arnold, sued the deputy and the sheriff, accusing the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office of conspiring

NC Health News - Most of the 24 million people in Affordable Care Act health plans face a potential one-two punch next year - double-digit premium increases along with a sharp drop in the federal subsidies that most consumers depend on to buy the coverage, also known as Obamacare. Insurers want higher premiums to cover the usual culprits - rising medical and labor costs and usage - but are tacking

By Adam Wagner NC Newsroom Former Gov. Roy Cooper is officially running for U.S. Senate. "I've had enough. I've thought on it and prayed about it, and I've decided: I want to serve as your next United States senator because even now I still believe our next days are ahead of us," Cooper said in a video released by the campaign. Cooper is running for the seat currently held by

By Jaymie Baxley NC Health News In the winter of 2021, social workers in rural Wilson County were overwhelmed by a surge in reports of adults with disabilities being abused. In a typical month, the county's Department of Social Services receives about 30 such complaints. But that February, the agency fielded 33 reports in just seven days. When Nichole Atkinson, manager of the department's Adult and Family Services program, began

By Ms Jheri Worldwide  Staff Writer Recently, I attended a Moral Mondays event with the Poor People's Campaign in downtown Raleigh. I brought my five-year-old German Shepherd, who was very friendly and adorable, if I can say so myself. An older black man remarked, "Wow! A peaceful German Shepherd, they used to chase us and bite us." I was glad he was not intimidated by my dog, but I also