A Radical Way To Think About Health
Moneyball Comes To ACC Football
The rise of two super-conferences means teams will have to win while getting seriously outspent—as App State has for years.
An Astronaut’s Long Ride Home
Bill McArthur rose from a farm in Robeson County to the International Space Station. Now he rides with a different crew.
The Gospel According to Mark Robinson
The lieutenant governor has spent many of his Sundays giving thunderous speeches in churches.
Who we are
The Assembly is a digital magazine about the people, institutions, and ideas that shape North Carolina. Founded in 2021, we feature interesting, deeply reported, nuanced stories about our state.
We’re telling big stories and giving our journalists space to be ambitious. We want everything published at The Assembly to surprise, inform, and leave you with a better understanding than when you started.
People & Place
Who’s Your People?
What the story of North Carolina’s Lumbee reveals about race, identity, and who does—and does not—count as “Native.”
A Tale of Two Skylines
Four decades after committing to a dense, towering downtown, Charlotte has a lot of lessons to offer Raleigh.
Rooted in East Winston
Michael Banner is teaching his Winston-Salem neighbors to grow their own food.
Culture
Upscale Food, Local Flavor
Fine dining has long been the stuff of cities. But more chefs are transforming the food scene in small towns.
North Carolina A&T Aims for the Top
The Greensboro HBCU left its longtime sports conference in a quest to raise its profile. Some alums wonder whether it’s lost part of its identity.
Schism in the Body
After years of acrimonious debate, the United Methodist Church has started to rupture. One church—with members ranging from ‘flaming progressive to dang near fundamentalist’—tries to reconcile an increasingly unavoidable divide.
