Scientists and environmental activists have raised concerns about the carbon benefit of burning wood pellets for power. But the industry churning them out in North Carolina has continued to grow.
Melba Newsome
Posted inCriminal Justice
Alberta White’s Last Chance
Alberta White was exactly one year out from her release date when prison officials told her she had 45 minutes to collect everything she owned and get on a bus. It was Black Friday 2019, and she wasn’t even told where she was going—just that she was being moved out of the North Carolina Correctional […]
Posted inPolitics
When Reparations Meet Bureaucracy
Asheville’s historic reparations resolution made national news in 2020, helping spark a wave of similar city-level initiatives across the country. But mounting delays show that while winning a vote may be hard, moving through a hesitant and halting bureaucracy can be an even more difficult challenge.
Posted inPolitics
Mandy Cohen’s Fight to Tame DHHS
A massive footprint, enormous budget, and complex mission: NC DHHS is an administrator’s nightmare. As the all-consuming pandemic fades, yet another undertaking looms this summer in Medicaid Transformation. Are Cohen and her agency ready?