Author: The Carolinian

NEW YORK (AP) - "Times are tough. We take care of us." In early November, Kashish Ali posted those words to her Instagram story as part of a yearslong practice she's had to fundraise for food and drop it off at community fridges in Atlanta, where she's from, and now in New York, where she lives. Ali, who is 32 and a first generation Pakistani immigrant, estimated that her friends

By Cash Michaels Contributing Writer In an extremely emotional five-paragraph handwritten letter addressing charges that he allegedly sexually abused a 15-year-old male teenager last summer, Cecil Brockman, former six-term Democratic NC House member from High Point wrote, "My life has already been ruined. The career and legacy that I have work (sic) so hard for, always trying to do the right thing taken in a instant because someone lied to

By Karl Cameron Special To The Carolinian (More Photo's Available on Facebook and Instagram) The J.W. Ligon Middle School Building Listening Session held Monday, Nov. 24th at the Southeast Raleigh YMCA on Rock Quarry Road in Raleigh, left attendees with more questions about what would the fate of the building be. District 4 Representative Toshiba Rice laid out the agenda for the evening, asking for one representative from the tables

NC Health News - North Carolina is seeking $1 billion from the federal government for a wide-ranging plan that could reshape rural health care across the state. The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services hopes to secure the funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program, an initiative created under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act signed by President Donald Trump in July. The program allows states to compete for

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="880"] Peyton Sickles / For WUNC[/caption] WUNC - Barring any last-minute legal snafus, North Carolina is a week away from the official start of the 2026 elections - the candidate filing period. From Dec. 1 to Dec. 19, candidates running for a spot in Congress, the state legislature, courts and various local offices must file documentation with election boards in order to appear on the ballot. Here's

Conetoe, N.C.- On Friday November 21st, representatives from Word Tabernacle in Rocky Mount, NC Department of Agriculture and local farmers throughout eastern North Carolina came together for the community. The Faith, Food and Farm Collective is spearheaded by Pastor James Gailliard of Word Tabernacle Church. "We had a lot of people coming in that were low income and some that had health issues," Trishonda Robinson explains.  "They had issues such

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="780"] The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., hosts both chambers of Congress. Provided / U.S. Capitol Visitor Center[/caption] Carolina Public Press - North Carolina's recently redrawn 2025 congressional district map appears likely to stand for the 2026 midterm elections. A panel of federal judges ruled Wednesday, siding with Republican legislators by rejecting a challenge to the map, which made the First Congressional District a safer bet

WASHINGTON (AP) - From corporate executives to Wall Street analysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the "K-shaped economy" are rapidly proliferating. So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part points to lower-income households struggling with weaker income gains and steep prices. A big reason the term is popping up so

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 than history books and more fragrant than any written recipe. It pulses under bare feet in freshly turned fields, it simmers in mason jars on stovetops, and it whispers through

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 is, the penny punches above its weight culturally. If it ever disappeared, so too might the simple kindness of "take a penny, leave a penny," alongside timeless classics like penny