NC has a vaccine lottery with million dollar prizes and college money
By Anne Blythe for NC Health News North Carolinians who have received a COVID-19 vaccine and are 18 and older could be one of four…
Politics
Judge orders law enforcement videos of Graham protest to be released
On Oct. 31, law enforcement officers in Graham pepper-sprayed and arrested protesters, Democratic election observers and a photographer for the local newspaper. The narratives of…
NC could look to other states for potential child welfare reforms
North Carolina is an outlier among the 50 states in the way child welfare services are organized. Along with eight other states, North Carolina relies…
Structure of NC child protective services leads to inequity
North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services provides guidance and training for child protective services divisions within county-level social services agencies. Then it’s up…
Carolina Public Press welcomes reporting interns
Carolina Public Press (CPP) is partnering with the Emma Bowen Foundation (EBF) and the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY (City University of…
Protection of NC children, families depends on the county
Some 5,000 children across the state enter the notice of social service agencies each year but face drastically different outcomes depending on where they live. …
New N.C. State study finds socially vulnerable communities bear brunt of pipelines
By Greg Barnes for NC Health News For years, individual case studies have found that natural gas pipelines traverse primarily through socially vulnerable communities, resulting…
A four-day weekend encourages troops to get vaccinated
As the Pentagon fights COVID-19 vaccine resistance among its troops, at least one North Carolina military base is offering an incentive for service members to…