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Life on the line: Watching the election unfold as an...

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2024/10/31

As an undocumented American I have been holding my breath throughout this campaign season. I am fortunate to have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, but like millions of other immigrants, I’m not just worrying about health care reforms or economic policies. We are fighting for our lives, our loved ones, and the dream […]

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NC physician: Election anxiety is causing fearful...

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2024/10/30

With the looming 2024 election, I am seeing more and more patients in my OBGYN practice who are feeling increasingly pressured to make their healthcare decisions. From seeking surgical sterilization to accessing contraception and gender affirming surgery, the tense political climate is largely influencing their personal healthcare decisions in profound ways. I have even had […]

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Right-wing calls to disregard North Carolina election...

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2024/10/30

It’s hard to believe and sad to say, but after years in which far-right U.S. politicians have cozied up ever closer to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, they’re now starting to emulate him. The latest shocking example: the call by some extremist politicians and advocates – including a Maryland congressman who heads the U.S. House […]

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Students: Helene made climate change and this...

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2024/10/29

When we said “climate change is real,” this is what we meant. When we said that inaction would cost us, this is what we were afraid of. When we were told to calm down, to compromise, to be patient, we grew frustrated. We were afraid for ourselves and our communities because we knew what the […]

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In the Hurricane Helene response, signs of hope and...

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2024/10/29

In a political year in which a steady stream of good and hopeful news and policy progress has been accompanied by a relentless drumbeat of disinformation and delusion, it’s unsurprising that one of the year’s biggest events and news stories – Hurricane Helene – has produced just such a maddening combination of late in North […]

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The Inflation Reduction Act continues to boost NC’s...

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2024/10/28

Hurricane Helene made clear North Carolina needs infrastructure that is secure against more frequent extreme weather events like the microgrids that keeps power on during outages. North Carolina is well-positioned to expand such resilient clean energy infrastructure—and the jobs that come with it—but doing so will require that recent legislative gains remain in place. As […]

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Voter whiplash

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2024/10/28

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Why voters should pay attention to judicial elections

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2024/10/24

Every four years North Carolinians head to the polls to elect the people who will be in charge of running our government. Alongside the office of the president, everything from governor to county commissioner will be on the ballot this November. But, more often than not, these other important positions fall to the wayside due […]

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Our military gives their best during disasters—they...

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2024/10/23

America’s military is an indispensable part of our country’s response to disasters like Hurricane Helene and Milton that are becoming more frequent as oceans warm. Partnering with federal, state, and local first responders, military personnel conduct essential, hard, and often dangerous tasks—from rescuing people to opening roads to providing food and water—and whatever else is […]

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The U.S. is making encouraging progress in reducing...

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2024/10/23

Amidst all the sobering news in the world today, it’s easy to miss the fact that some important indicators are trending in very positive directions. The U.S. economy has been trending upward for an extended period now, and quite happily, there’s also good news about crime and dangerous drugs. New FBI data show […]

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In the aftermath of Helene, climate and health collide

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2024/10/22

Like many North Carolinians, I was deeply shaken by the intensity and destruction of Hurricane Helene. As the director of Carolina Advocates for Climate, Health, Equity (CACHE), much of my work revolves around lifting up the fact that climate change is a public health emergency, and touches every aspect of our lives. CACHE is made […]

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The vitally important election issue that almost no...

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2024/10/22

American voters love to fall in love (or hate). When it comes to assessing our politicians and their qualifications to serve – especially those seeking chief executive jobs like president and governor – we tend to vote with our hearts. Emotion-packed, reptilian brain questions — Do I like this candidate as a person? Do they […]

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Climate change is on the ballot this fall

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2024/10/22

When it comes to climate change and its increasingly serious impacts on our world – more and more intense severe weather, rising oceans, species extinction, mass human migration — the temptation to throw up one’s hands in despair is powerful. And yet, scientists have repeatedly and conclusively demonstrated that there are things humans can […]

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Hurricanes, voucher expansion bill bring the debate...

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2024/10/21

Climate change still has its skeptics. But the insurance industry isn’t one of them. It’s so balmy about global warming that it has stopped writing policies for a lot of people living in states prone to extreme weather. Climate change is that real for the actuaries and other experts who crunch the numbers. What’s more, […]

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A welcome flood, for a change

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2024/10/21

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Latest good economic news is a reminder of how far...

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2024/10/21

As Americans vote in the 2024 U.S. election, few issues are more prominent than the national economy. And, for the most part, happily – especially in comparison to elections past – the economic news is extremely good. Earlier this month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a report showing a strong labor market […]

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NC veterans: How to see through the fog of ‘fake news’

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2024/10/18

In the past, if adversaries flew over a military base and dropped leaflets, the military would have shot them down. Now, they infiltrate bases online and we are left scrambling to respond. In many ways, the same can be said for our North Carolina media space, where concerns over online disinformation loom larger than ever […]

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Cheapskate legislature underfunds North Carolina’s DMV

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2024/10/18

For newcomers, it may be hard to believe, but there was a time in North Carolina in which heading to the local DMV office wasn’t a maddening and tortuous exercise. Unfortunately, that’s changed in most places. Today, walk-up customers almost always face long lines, and it can take weeks to find an appointment slot […]

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The political right’s two-faced take on early voting...

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2024/10/17

For many decades in the 20th Century and early 21st, voting by mail (i.e., “absentee voting”) in the U.S. was a mostly Republican phenomenon. That’s because it was a tool that was used chiefly by people who were wealthy enough to travel for extended periods – many of them seniors — who knew ahead of […]

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Hard truths about homeowners’ insurance in the era of...

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2024/10/17

The candidates for North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance have been sparring of late about the rising costs of homeowners’ insurance and that debate has highlighted two important truths. First is that the impacts of climate change are dramatically impacting the insurance industry, and the rates consumers pay. Sadly, with destructive storms like Helene and […]

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