Business

How the Fall of NC Mutual Hurt Black America

The last remaining Black insurance firm in the U.S., which is based in downtown Durham, will disappear this year. Its demise reflects the decline of an era of Black capitalism that supported African-American upward mobility.

BY Henry McKoyJanuary 20, 2022

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N.C. State's Band of Brothers

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Writer Q&A

January 6th and North Carolina

A Q&A with Raw Story's Jordan Green on North Carolina's ties to the attack on the Capitol one year ago.

BY Kyle VillemainJanuary 06, 2022

Police Reform

Good Cop, Bad Cop

While state legislators in North Carolina were able to find common ground and approve police reform bills, members of the U.S. Congress couldn’t get beyond their differences. The contrast shows what can be good—and bad—about politics in our divided era

BY John Drescher and Kasonia SmithJanuary 02, 2022

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Higher Education

A Higher Ed Subsidy from the Right

The state’s signature college affordability program, once controversial, is now credited with saving one institution, growing two others, and was just expanded to cover a fourth: Is it a model or a fluke?

BY Sarah BrownJanuary 13, 2022

Sports

Football, Soccer, Fútbol

Big investments in professional soccer could reshape North Carolina’s sports landscape and its biggest cities. In Charlotte, success depends on combining Hispanic and white fan bases—and their two very different soccer cultures // Photos by Kate Medley

BY Matt HartmanDecember 16, 2021

Sports

N.C. State's Band of Brothers

Fifty years ago, as the number of Black athletes began to grow rapidly at Southern universities, a group of young men joined forces in Raleigh in a quest for a national college basketball championship. Now, after the death of an irrepressible teammate, they look back on the bond they still share.

BY John DrescherDecember 09, 2021

Media

On Guard in Asheville

The Asheville Watchdog is powered by a cadre of accomplished journalists who retired to the North Carolina mountains. The staff’s investigative reporting has made a splash, and they’d like it to be a model—but it’s unclear whether their startup can be duplicated // Photos by Chelsea Lane

BY Jim MorrillNovember 18, 2021