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.
These projects replenish the same areas again and again, and disproportionately benefit wealthy owners of seaside lots.
Historical archives housed in universities, courthouses, and local libraries are at heightened risk from flooding and mold.
Though the storm has passed, flooding and evacuations continue as rivers swell.
An accounting of the ongoing damages, from failing dams to coal-ash ponds.
The decisions made when managing a range of hazards are a key factor in a community's vulnerability during storms like Hurricane Florence.
Concerns arose before Hurricane Florence made landfall about the piles of toxic waste from coal-burning power plants in the storm's path.
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.
The hog industry is changing, but, as Hurricane Florence hits, history may be doomed to repeat itself.
A conversation with professor Frank Baumgartner, who led a research team that analyzed every North Carolina police stop since 2002.
Critics say the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency has masked the high costs of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to communities of color.
The winner has vowed to discontinue a program that allows local sheriffs' offices to function as satellite immigration detention centers.
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.
The case once more raises the issue of persistent racial bias in North Carolina's history of sentencing black defendants.
In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.
Devotion to the Second Amendment has somehow replaced personal responsibility as the core idea of the right to bear arms.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear North Carolina's appeal to reinstate voting restrictions.
The film industry can be a driving force behind the corporate boycott of states with religious freedom legislation—to a point.
The North Carolina legislature has passed a law that leaves the state's gay and transgender residents unprotected against discrimination.
Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students.
Scenes before a tragedy—and how art responds to murder.
The new American economy in three tablespoons of blood, a Walmart gift card, and a former mill town's DNA.
Why the state needs to crack down on its predatory prosecutors—fast.
A reformed drug dealer on the prisons of North Carolina.