>>This week marked >>Women’s Equality Day , the 95th anniversary of women’s right to vote. Despite nearly a century passing since then, we are still...[Read More]
Tag Archives: economy
When my family looked for houses, we tried to consider many different variables – school assignments, local parks, access to highways, drive time to work....[Read More]
>>Many women in North Carolina are dying younger than their mothers did. That’s a shocker considering that life expectancy in the U.S. is at an...[Read More]
>>The news for North Carolina women has never been better — or worse. Deaths from breast cancer are down; attacks on reproductive health are up....[Read More]
>>Tensions in the General Assembly between cities and rural areas are nothing new. For generations, there have been disagreements over road building, development, and power....[Read More]
>>BY TIFFANY FRYE The 21st century workplace stinks for families. Many companies offer little to no paid sick leave or maternity leave, and >>childcare now officially costs...[Read More]
>>BY SARA LANG There’s an old joke about the similarities between lawmaking and sausage-making: neither of them are something you want to see, and watching turns...[Read More]
>>BY LEANNE SIMON It started with a headache. My youngest son is not a complainer, so when he woke up in tears, we knew something...[Read More]
>>I promised in a post a few weeks ago that I was going to do something that taught my girls the real meaning of the...[Read More]
>>In case you’ve been asleep for the last 5 years, beer is hip, and North Carolina is one of the “ground zeroes” for the growth...[Read More]