This year’s city council elections could chart a way out of stagnation and redefine what kind of city Greensboro wants to be.
October 2025
Posted inMental Health
Cops on Ketamine? Largely Unregulated Mental Health Treatment Faces Hurdles
Combining psychotherapy with a low dose of the hallucinogenic drug is a relatively new approach to treating PTSD.
Posted inPolitics & Government
Republicans Go All In on Anti-Trans Messaging
More than half of Republican ads in Virginia are focused on trans issues. Officials say they plan to run similar attacks in North Carolina’s Senate race.
Posted inArchived
Kitchen Named Bryan Foundation President
Ed Kitchen is “taking the baton” from the late Jim Melvin as the new president of the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation.
Posted inEnvironment
A Short-Lived Win in a Never-Ending Fight Over Forever Chemicals
N.C. activists overcame political and scientific hurdles to get the EPA to regulate PFAS. Now the Trump administration is reversing progress.
Posted inPlace
Joy Follows the Flood
After a year that was both hard and heartening, much of the mountain community of Lansing has finally reopened.
Posted inPolitics & Government
Stein’s Death Penalty Backlash
State Senate Democrats asked Gov. Stein to veto the crime bill. Some in his party are angry he signed it.
Posted inArchived
Race for a Recount
A candidate for an at-large seat on the Greensboro City Council, Carla Franklin, is asking for a recount after Tuesday’s unofficial primary results.
Posted inPolitics & Government
Brockman Faces Sex Charges, Calls to Resign
N.C. Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford) is facing bipartisan calls for his resignation after being charged with multiple sex crimes.
Posted inHigher Education
UNC-Chapel Hill’s Lesson in Civics
The School of Civic Life and Leadership’s hiring battle is part of a long-running rupture over the mission of similar efforts.