A group of North Carolina voters have employed a Reconstruction-era law to try to boot the controversial lawmaker from office.

New maps can revive Cherokee place names in Southern Appalachia and restore crucial knowledge amid an environmental catastrophe.

If Democratic incumbents and challengers in swing states can’t win in 2022, then the GOP may be able to do what it wants in 2024.

Republicans in state legislatures all across the country are slowly gaming the system to deprive voters of their power.

His potential Democratic opponent unloads on the Berchtesgaden-visiting congressman for his latest over-the-top remarks.

For the communities already at climate change’s mercy, Governor Roy Cooper’s support for joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is just another top-down management misstep.

GOP leaders’ choice to block the nomination of a key environmental official for Governor Roy Cooper may prove counterproductive in the long run.

The Biden administration supports biofuels. But a Smithfield project in North Carolina shows that converting hog waste to energy won’t address the biggest issues with pork farming.

Cities and towns in North Carolina are demanding better from a utility company with a dreadful environmental record.

Hurricane season is getting longer. Building higher sea walls won’t save us.

After the disaster in Huntersville, Colonial Pipeline now holds the record for largest gas spill in both North and South Carolina. Thanks to its polished P.R. team, you likely have no clue.

Duke Energy’s influence in North Carolina goes well beyond the electricity bill.

In response to calls for more regulation, Cherie Berry wrote that Covid-19 was not “proven likely to cause death or serious physical harm from the perspective of an occupational hazard.”

Native voters continue to be othered by the media, but the election results prove their vote has never been stronger.

Searching for hope and finding more reasons for despair in my home state

The presidential race may be a toss-up in North Carolina, but the Democratic governor is cruising to reelection. What’s he doing right?

I pushed my local school board to adopt Indigenous Peoples’ Day. It was a real victory—but only a first step.

A mix of Trumpian meddling, legal holdups, and a bureaucratic mess is putting Black voters at risk this election.

Thom Tillis’s staffer was cruel but correct in his conversation with a cancer survivor.

The pandemic should force America to remake higher education.