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Surprising Heroes In A Long Struggle For Justice

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 12, 2015 | D.G. Martin

Why does a moderate, progressive journalist write a book critical of his political idol, Terry Sanford, the late governor and senator, and make a hero of Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis? It would just be an interesting...

Sturgeon, The Living Fossil

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 10, 2015 | Common Science

During the time I lived in Philadelphia, from 1989 through 1993, just across the Delaware River, the waterfront of Camden, New Jersey was undergoing a significant revitalization. One of the centerpieces of this effort was the...

Growing In Tae Kwon Do

Posted by The Commentators | May 6, 2015 | The Commentators

My name is Lucy Linh Murphy. I started studying Tae Kwon Do at Kim’s White Tiger when I was five and half years old. I just turned seven in April, and I am about to test for my black belt. I have learned so much from Tae Kwon...

Bad News For Politicians – And The Rest Of Us, Too

Posted by D.G. Martin | May 5, 2015 | D.G. Martin

I have some bad news for North Carolina politicians. Some of your best friends are dying. It is not people that I am thinking about. It is restaurants. In the small towns and cities in our state, candidates for public office...

Kelp To The Rescue?

Posted by Jeff Danner | May 3, 2015 | Common Science

Yesterday I read an article on the Huffington Post entitled “Seaweed Might Have The Power To Make The Oceans Less Acidic.” The article explained that the increase in carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere since the...

Talk Derby To Me

Posted by Kristin Tucker | May 1, 2015 | The Fashion Plate

My favorite spring sporting event has to be the Kentucky Derby. What stands out most during this historic horse race is difficult to decide…the sleek and athletic thoroughbreds, the diminutive yet wiry jockeys in their colorful...

Economic Democracy In A Co-op

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 30, 2015 | The Commentators

This is Geoff Gilson. I am a worker-owner with Weaver Street Market Co-operative. Just recently, we workers got a little scold from the powers-that-shouldn’t-be in our bi-weekly employee “Market Messenger”...

Energy Freedom Now!

Posted by The Commentators | Apr 29, 2015 | The Commentators

This is Jim Warren. North Carolina is on track to greatly increase its use of solar power – at a really important time in the fight to slow climate change. The bipartisan Energy Freedom Act would allow well-financed companies to...

North Carolina And The U.S. – Mexico border

Posted by D.G. Martin | Apr 28, 2015 | D.G. Martin

What does the 1,969-mile border between the United States and Mexico have to do with North Carolina? A North Carolina author delivers pages of answers in a book about his journey along the entire border, from Boca Chica in Texas...

Radon, A Fracking Risk I Previously Overlooked

Posted by Jeff Danner | Apr 26, 2015 | Common Science

Earlier this month, researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives detailing the increase in radon concentrations in homes in the state of Pennsylvania since 2004,...

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