In North Carolina, we don’t speak with one voice. We speak with hundreds. Thousands. Millions. Each one is different, but every one of the people we found has at least one thing in common: They all have something to say.
Cape Fear Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette Speaks for the Water
A riverkeeper tends the waterway — and its creatures and canals — that he’s known since birth.
Surrounded By Silence, Guilford College President Finds Her Voice
She was born deaf. She didn’t learn sign language until her 20s. She was on track to run the world’s only university for the deaf when her career was derailed by controversy. Now, on a quiet campus in Greensboro, Jane Fernandes is finally finding her voice.
Tony Peacock Has Somethin’ to Holler About
Tony Peacock helps preserve a piece of rural North Carolina heritage with his voice — very loudly.
A Toast to the Scuppernong
Sure, the scuppernong may be the South’s sweetest fruit, but we should also be grateful for what it’s not.
Tommy Tomlinson Discovers The Power of Voice After Nearly Losing His Own
Just as his career as an award-winning journalist was taking off, cancer threatened to take it all away.
Reflections of Former North Carolina Poet Laureate, Shelby Stephenson
Memories of growing up in rural North Carolina inspire the state’s former poet laureate.
When Raising Young Children, It’s All Noise, All the Time
In search of his echo, The Toad learns the logistics of yelling loudly — and listening quietly. (The second step is always harder.)
Eighteen Holes With Tiger Woods
Golf’s biggest superstar is playing in Greensboro for the first time. We sent our senior writer out to follow him and his fans as he played his best round in years.
