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Posted inEditor's Pick

Drugs Killed 8 Friends, One by One, in a Tragedy Seen Across the U.S.

by Seyward Darby December 2, 2022December 6, 2022

“It just, it took them.”

illustration of cows
Posted inFeature

Heroes of the Hurricane

by Longreads November 2, 2022November 2, 2022

When a storm surge swept dozens of wild horses and cattle from the coast of North Carolina, no one expected there to be survivors. Then hoofprints appeared in the sand.

Posted inArts & Culture, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

Apocalypse Now? Now? How About Now?

by Krista Stevens February 26, 2020October 19, 2022

“And yet I am also, in the darkest corners of my heart, a doomsday prepper myself.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

How a Booming City Can Be More Equitable

by Sari Botton October 18, 2018October 19, 2022

At a time when many U.S. cities are being revitalized — and rapidly gentrified — Barry Yeoman spotlights Durham, North Carolina, his home of 30 years, where activism, diversity- and egalitarianism-minded non-profits, and a community land trust are helping to keep the city inclusive and affordable for those who often get marginalized and pushed out instead.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

Weird in the Daylight

by Longreads August 6, 2018October 19, 2022

The story of Sadlack’s Heroes, the Raleigh dive bar that helped galvanize the alternative country scene in the 1990s.

Posted inCurrent Events, education, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Resegregation of Charlotte’s Public Schools

by Aaron Gilbreath April 3, 2018October 19, 2022

Charlotte, North Carolina, once embraced public school integration, but schools have become highly segregated again.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

Money For Nothing: It Might Set Your Kids Free

by Krista Stevens November 13, 2017October 19, 2022

A new study reveals a basic income keeps kids in school longer and reduces their participation in crime.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Threat of Doing What’s Right

by Aaron Gilbreath March 2, 2017October 19, 2022

TV producer Nicole Lucas Haimes details her fascination with one North Carolina man whose attempt to run an honest court got him killed.

Posted inCollege

The Story, and Sounds, of a Chapel Hill Church: Our College Pick

by Aileen Gallagher November 4, 2014October 19, 2022

In her story about a tiny church for locals in a student neighborhood in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Megan Cassella merges the best of traditional journalism with the tools of today. Her narrative parallels a Sunday service, built on the familiar structural lessons of strong feature writing. She published the story on Creatavist, a publishing platform […]

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