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Posted inBusiness

Small Businesses Feel the Pain of Tariffs and Economic Uncertainty 

by Ben Rappaport and Heidi Perez-Moreno May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

‘Do I want to raise prices? Yes. Should I? Yes. But if I do, then I feel it would damage my reputation as a passionate member of the community.’

Posted inNewsletters

The Thread: Finding the Throughline

by Joe Killian, Gale Melcher, Sarah Edwards and Heidi Perez-Moreno April 21, 2025April 18, 2025

Today we’re bringing you what you need to know about local government this week. Also, stories about ICE and deportations as well as Greensboro’s own Rhiannon Giddens.

Posted inImmigration

How Siembra NC Sorts Fact From Fiction

by Heidi Perez-Moreno April 18, 2025June 21, 2025

The grassroots immigrant organization saw a flood of calls about Trump’s rumored enforcement actions.

Posted inReligion

Trump’s Immigration Orders Fuel Isolation Among Immigrant Parishioners 

by Heidi Perez-Moreno March 5, 2025April 27, 2025

North Carolina churches are raising concerns about ICE enforcement in places of worship.

Man with ICE jacket
Posted inPolitics

Rumors, Fear Spread as N.C. Immigrants Brace for ICE Deportations

by Heidi Perez-Moreno and Ben Rappaport February 12, 2025April 27, 2025

Calls to a Durham-based hotline spiked, and schools and churches scrambled to communicate with families as President Trump’s deportation push began.

Posted inPolitics

A Big Gap In This Year’s Legislature

by Heidi Perez-Moreno January 10, 2023October 25, 2024

Alamance County Democrat Ricky Hurtado was the first Latino elected to the North Carolina General Assembly in 2020, but the glimpse of representation was short-lived.

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