My RBG car magnet is in the mail. I wear my “Run with Ruth” t-shirt when I head out to walk. My yard is so...[Read More]
All posts by Barbara Presnell
Dear Son, Just a few weeks ago, your firstborn child, a little boy, entered your life. These days, you are sleep-deprived and don’t know where...[Read More]
Budget Policy & PrioritiesFamily LeaveGeneralHealth, Wellness, and PreventionLGBTQIANative American HeritagePaidLeaveNCPolitics/Public PolicySelf CareSelf CareTeachers
I’m on paid FMLA. I didn’t want to be. I fought it down to the wire. FMLA is for maternity and paternity leave, I’ve always...[Read More]
I imagine August 18, 1920, Wednesday, a sultry summer day in North Carolina. My grandmother, Wanda Margaret Robbins Bunting, perhaps the strongest woman I’ve ever...[Read More]
Civil RightsCultural ResourcesCultureGeneralImmigrant IssuesNative American HeritageRacial Justice/EquityTeachers
I don’t have teacher’s pets, but if I did, this year it might have been a young man named Alejandro. He was consistently late to...[Read More]