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Two years after Helene: Western NC struggles to rebuild amid FEMA turmoil and the GOP's missing "recovery czar"

North Carolina has become a testing ground for an eviscerated FEMA under Trump. It could also be a political liability for missing-in-action “recovery czar” and GOP U.S. Senate hopeful and Michael Whatley.

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Report: Duke, large Durham employers must tap growing prosperity to address school funding crisis

Dr. Charles McKinney
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Labor is at the heart of the Black Freedom Struggle: A conversation with Charles McKinney

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Report: Durham's decade of growth has left working people behind

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Can Texas go blue? A conversation with historian Max Krochmal

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Trump administration escalates pressure on Southern states for voter data ahead of midterms

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