North Carolina

North Carolina has acutely felt the downside of a massive, environmentally damaging pork production industry, but a better model may be emerging.

• By Brad Weiss

Hog farms in North Carolina produce 10 billion gallons of untreated, toxic waste each year—and much of it ends up in the state's waterways.

• By Emily Moon

Lawmakers are decrying what some say appears to have been an orchestrated attempt by immigration enforcement to coax Samuel Oliver-Bruno out of sanctuary.

• By Massoud Hayoun

While many Christians are struggling to offer immigrants sanctuary, others are in favor of the Trump administration's immigration policies.

• By Massoud Hayoun

In Duplin County, residents have suffered as a result of their proximity to animal feeding operations, and that is only being exacerbated by the fallout from Hurricane Florence.

• By Brentin Mock

These projects replenish the same areas again and again, and disproportionately benefit wealthy owners of seaside lots.

• By Lisa Song & Al Shaw

Historical archives housed in universities, courthouses, and local libraries are at heightened risk from flooding and mold.

• By Sophie Yeo

Though the storm has passed, flooding and evacuations continue as rivers swell.

• By Jack Herrera

An accounting of the ongoing damages, from failing dams to coal-ash ponds.

• By Emily Moon

The decisions made when managing a range of hazards are a key factor in a community's vulnerability during storms like Hurricane Florence.

• By Brian J. Gerber & Melanie Gall

Concerns arose before Hurricane Florence made landfall about the piles of toxic waste from coal-burning power plants in the storm's path.

• By Rebecca Worby

The state has bet against a megastorm for years, but now as Florence bears down on the state it could face a major money shortage to rebuild from the damage.

• By Abraham Lustgarten & Talia Buford

The hog industry is changing, but, as Hurricane Florence hits, history may be doomed to repeat itself.

• By Emily Moon

A conversation with professor Frank Baumgartner, who led a research team that analyzed every North Carolina police stop since 2002.

• By Tanvi Misra

Critics say the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency has masked the high costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to communities of color.

• By Sophie Yeo

The winner has vowed to discontinue a program that allows local sheriffs' offices to function as satellite immigration detention centers.

• By Ashley Hackett

For years advocates have wondered: How can abusers effectively be held accountable for stalking, harassing, assaulting, threatening, or killing their current and former partners? Kingston, New York, might have an answer.

• By Natalie Pattillo

The case once more raises the issue of persistent racial bias in North Carolina's history of sentencing black defendants.

• By Chinelo Nkechi Ikem

In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.

• By Barry Yeoman

Devotion to the Second Amendment has somehow replaced personal responsibility as the core idea of the right to bear arms.

• By Jared Keller

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear North Carolina's appeal to reinstate voting restrictions.

• By Max Ufberg

The film industry can be a driving force behind the corporate boycott of states with religious freedom legislation—to a point.

• By Jared Keller

The North Carolina legislature has passed a law that leaves the state's gay and transgender residents unprotected against discrimination.

• By Kate Wheeling

Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students.

• By Dwyer Gunn