As Joaquin approaches, we talk to a man who made it through a Category 2 storm.
The Official State Symbol of Saying No
When North Carolina wanted a new state carnivorous plant, Christmas tree, or freshwater fish, the legislature knew it could always count on one man… to vote against them.
100 Voices from 100 Counties
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.
