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Who's making big money off Border Patrol and ICE contracts?

U.S. Border Patrol's high-profile immigration crackdowns in North Carolina and Louisiana over the last two months have brought fresh scrutiny to...

19.12.2025 3

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Chris Kromm

'We won’t let democracy die on our watch’: Gene Nichol on fighting authoritarianism in NC

Benjamin Barber interviewed UNC law professor and anti-poverty scholar Gene Nichol about his new book, “Now What? How North Carolina Can Blaze a...

19.12.2025 4

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Benjamin Barber

VOICES: Has the campaign of fear against Latinos in North Carolina awoken a sleeping giant?

Ding! "Walmart-CH-All clear as of 8:45 AM.” My phone notified me of the text, one of many I would get as I drove around parts of North Carolina...

19.12.2025 2

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Paul Cuadros

Tram Nguyen on what's next for progressives in Virginia

In the 2025 elections, progressives scored impressive victories in Virginia. Voters moved overwhelmingly to the left across the state, leading to...

19.12.2025 4

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Chris Kromm

Institute Index: One year after Helene

Date on which Hurricane Helene made landfall in southwest Florida as a Category 4 hurricane: 9/26/24 Last time the region affected by Helene had...

26.11.2025 3

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Chris Kromm

Durham Rising confronts Duke’s troubled labor history

Since its founding by a Gilded Age tobacco tycoon, Duke University has been a hotbed of labor unrest — and the university has earned a reputation...

26.11.2025 8

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Lekha Shupeck

Institute Index: The assault on consumer protection

Year that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was formed to protect consumers from fraud and abuse: 2011 Number of complaints the Bureau has...

25.11.2025 4

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Chris Kromm

NC election board chair peddled election denial and unsubtantiated voter fraud claims

The 2024 elections left North Carolina Democrats with much to celebrate. While the perennial battleground state followed national trends with...

03.11.2025 10

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Chris Kromm

GOP escalates campaign to weaken donor transparency in NC

If Republican lawmakers and deep-pocketed conservative funders get their way, Big Money donors in North Carolina will have more ways to hide their...

03.11.2025 4

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Chris Kromm