Author: The Carolinian

NC NEWSLINE - Cuts to the nation's largest food assistance program will likely spill over into schools, causing students to lose access to free breakfast and lunch. More than 1 million American children have lost access to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, following a recent federal law. Now, as schools gear up for a new term, a portion of those children could be at risk of losing free

COLUMBIA - Helping save Lakeview School in West Columbia is Earnestine Holden's retirement job. Like many of the people trying to save historic Black schools, Holden, who graduated from the school in 1967, isn't a professional historian or grant-writer. She's a passionate alum who wants to see the school she graduated from preserved for future generations to see. Recognizing the difficulty many alumni associations face in navigating complicated barriers to

WILSON, N.C. - For a few months in 2025, Believer Meats appeared to have achieved what much of the cultivated-meat industry had been promising for years. The company had built a massive production facility in Wilson County. Federal regulators had cleared its cultivated chicken for commercial sale. Investors had poured hundreds of millions of dollars into the venture, which had relocated its ambitions from Israel to the United States. Then,

CARY, N.C. - The sound of pickleballs striking paddles is echoing across Cary this week as the town welcomes some of the sport's biggest names for the inaugural Veolia Pickleball National Championships, bringing professional competition, amateur players and thousands of spectators to Cary Tennis Park. The weeklong tournament, running Aug. 31 through Sept. 6, marks the opening event of the 2026-27 Carvana PPA Tour season and is the first PPA

By Livia Gershon JSTOR In the second half of the nineteenth century, the United States was transforming from an agrarian country to an industrial capitalist one. For some white economic thinkers, wage work represented a form of liberty: Workers were free to find employment wherever they wished, signing mutually beneficial contracts with employers. The majority-white labor movement, meanwhile, noted the inherent power differential between capitalists and workers. It saw collective

The purpose of the Carolinian Clubbers is to bring the community closer through golf. We used to have Meadowbrook and Tee Off as places to use for community congregation and competition. Though we no longer have those courses, we still have those connections. The Carolinian Clubbers events are simply ways to reconnect us and bring us closer. These rounds of golf are about more than birdies, bogeys and bragging rights.

DURHAM, N.C. - For a decade, Black August in the Park has brought Black residents and visitors together in Durham to celebrate culture, remember histories of resistance and build community through music, food, art and fellowship. The annual gathering returned to Durham Central Park on Aug. 30 as the centerpiece of a three-day celebration marking its 10th year. Organizers expanded this year's event into a weekend of programming, with activities

THE CONVERSATION - In the past decade, study after study has come to a troubling conclusion: Trust in news and journalism has declined dramatically. The public's loss of trust corresponds with the explosive development of our information ecosystem. The more options audiences have to find news elsewhere, the less trust the public has placed in traditional forms of journalism. However, trust in journalism was displaced long before the rise of

NC NEWSLINE - There is perhaps no clearer sign that summer is drawing to a close than the arrival of school supplies in big box stores and school supply drives in most counties. On Wednesday, Gov. Josh Stein delivered school supplies collected over the summer to W.M. Irvin Elementary School in Concord. It's the eighth year the governor's office has partnered with the State Employees' Credit Union, the North Carolina

Brandi Hopson's journey has taken her from the Winston-Salem State University Powerhouse to the sidelines of the NFL and, most recently, the Ms. Black USA crown. Now, she is returning to where her cheerleading journey began. Winston-Salem State University announced Aug. 14 that Hopson is joining the university's athletics department as an assistant cheer coach, bringing her collegiate and professional experience back to the Powerhouse of Red and White. For