Garnell Hill has never been accused of abuse or neglect. But DSS has kept his son in foster care for more than five years.
Durham
Best Interest of the Child
A three-part investigation from The Assembly and WBTV in Charlotte looks at a child welfare system that wields enormous power with little accountability.
A No-Win Scenario
After Jatoia Potts failed to explain her child’s injuries, she was swept into a child welfare system that she wasn’t prepared to handle.
No-Win Scenario
Jatoia Potts lost her children because she couldn’t explain her baby’s injuries. She never stood a chance against the state’s child welfare system.
The Land Remembers
Durham County’s first food security coordinator’s plan to give marginalized farmers access to the land.
They Were Go-To Dealers for College Students. Now They’re Headed to Prison.
A trial stemming from the overdose of a 23-year-old exposed the inner workings of a drug-dealing duo and their campus clients.
Power and Politics In Columbus County
Dozens have been subpoenaed in a wide-ranging federal investigation into abuses of power at the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.
The Poverty Trap
The first of a 3-part series on the child welfare system looks at the case of a Durham mother who fled an abusive partner, only to have her children taken.
A UNC Student’s Overdose Death at Duke
A Carolina freshman died in March after being found unconscious in a Duke dorm room. Neither university said anything publicly.
Bull City Beef
How a set of proposed amendments to Durham’s zoning regulations has become the city’s most explosive political issue.