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The GOP Punishes Womennew

The war on women in North Carolina.
INDY Week  |  Bob Geary  |  10-02-2014  |  The War on Women

The Fight to Unionize the South Brews at an N.C. Slaughterhousenew

Workers struggles to unionize at Mountaire Farms chicken processing plant in the face of management resistance.
INDY Week  |  Aaron Lake Smith  |  04-16-2014  |  Business & Labor

N.C. food insecurity is risingnew

North Carolina lawmakers form study committee to tackle issue of hunger, food deserts
INDY Week  |  Jane Porter  |  01-15-2014  |  Poverty

Somewhere under the rainbow...new

The Human Rights Campaign evaluated 291 U.S. cities, including six in North Carolina, for fairness and inclusiveness in city laws and policies.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  11-22-2013  |  LGBT

Can police prevent domestic violence simply by telling offenders to stop?new

“We recently started something called the Offender-Focused Domestic Violence Initiative. Too many guys were beatin’ on women."
INDY Week  |  John H. Tucker  |  11-15-2013  |  Children & Families

Appetite for Destructionnew

Conceal-carry permit holders in North Carolina can now bring guns into restaurants and bars. What could go wrong?
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  10-24-2013  |  Civil Liberties

A crack in Google Glass: Wearable technology's glassault on privacynew

Using a computer network to overlay information on the real world ostensibly enhances our experience, although it could be argued that mediating life through a screen instead diminishes it.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  10-10-2013  |  Tech

How Do Eugenics Victims Find Justice?new

This year, the North Carolina Legislature approved monetary compensation for the state's eugenics victims. Is that enough?
INDY Week  |  Belle Boggs  |  10-09-2013  |  Policy Issues

Who's buying Hofmann Forest?new

Plaintiffs sue N.C. State trustees, try to learn identity of mystery buyer
INDY Week  |  Jane Porter  |  10-08-2013  |  Environment

More layoffs at Durham's Herald-Sunnew

Second round of job cuts in two years leaves fewer than 20 people in newsroom.
INDY Week  |  Lisa Sorg  |  09-26-2013  |  Media

Before fracking begins in N.C., Texas energy company investigates shale gas deposits in Lee Countynew

Also: DENR rejects federal funding that would have helped the state assess fracking impacts.
INDY Week  |  Billy Ball  |  09-25-2013  |  Energy

As enrollment starts for the Affordable Care Act, a guide to navigating Obamacarenew

An estimated 1.2 million North Carolinians will begin shopping for subsidized health insurance next week under the ACA, also known as Obamacare.
INDY Week  |  Jane Porter  |  09-25-2013  |  Health

Some facts about the toll of coalnew

Three of the Top 50 polluting power plants are in North Carolina.
INDY Week  |  Staff  |  09-19-2013  |  Energy

The bees are trying to tell us somethingnew

"If 30 percent of the cows fell over in the field every year, people would freak out."
INDY Week  |  Raia Mihaylova  |  08-08-2013  |  Environment

Goodbye DOMAnew

America is changing, and dragging North Carolina with it.
INDY Week  |  Will Huntsberry  |  07-08-2013  |  LGBT

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