Poverty affects state's rural counties at higher rate than urban counties
For the state of North Carolina, poverty lives in rolling hills.
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For the state of North Carolina, poverty lives in rolling hills.
At 32 pages, a small book called "Jacob’s New Dress" is causing a big controversy in Charlotte Mecklenburg schools.
While an estimated 500,000 people flooded the nation’s capital for the Women’s March on Washington, another 17,000 filled the streets of North Carolina’s capital.
Seven out of 10 sexual assaults are committed by someone known to the victim according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN). A relative. A spouse. A date.
Ninety-six percent of the crimes 16- and 17-year-olds commit in North Carolina are non-violent. Eighty percent of those crimes are misdemeanors. Yet 100 percent of these teenagers are tried as adults.
In October 2014, the public was given what was considered the end of UNC’s yearslong academic-athletic scandal: independent investigator Kenneth Wainstein’s report.
If a male club team wants to go varsity at UNC, Title IX does not help them.
Senior Alex Vasquez cannot count the number of times she’s been stiffed for a tip — or perhaps worse, the number of times a customer will leave only 20 cents for a bill that’s $9.80.
Picture the first day of class.
The capital punishment trial of Calvin Burdine in Texas is famous.
In the North Carolina General Assembly, only four out of 170 legislators did not specifically say they came from a Christian religious tradition. Sen. Josh Stein of Wake County identifies as Jewish, and one senator and two representatives did not respond to the legislature’s 2015 questionnaire on religious affiliation.
Jennine Vlasaty’s 8-year-old son Nickolas was born with Down syndrome. For most of his schooling, he was able to attend typical elementary classes and interact with his peers. But in the last two years, Nickolas has been pulled out increasingly for special education classes.
Marijuana usage is roughly the same across all races. But predicting who gets caught is black and white.
As police bias becomes better documented by the U.S. Department of Justice and other agencies, experts and activists are developing research projects and providing resources that better address the faults of the justice system. The following is a roundup of some of that work.
It’s a tough fact to swallow.
UNC senior Skylar La Torre-Couch is applying to medical school — one medical school, to be exact.
Normally, colleges compete against each other.
University of Virginia School of Law applicants are likely attracted by the school’s ranking — eighth, according to U.S. News and World Report. It also has the highest employment rate in the nation, 95.6 percent, within nine months of graduation.
The UNC system rolled out a redesigned website for online education Thursday, making it easier to navigate for nontraditional students applying for an online degree.
Most families start saving for college years in advance.