As America grows evermore accepting of the LGBT community, some religious communities have opened their congregations to people of different sexual orientations, but religiously affiliated adoption agencies have been slow to change.
Read More »When Lacy Evans came to UNC in 2012, she had already been on two combat tours to Afghanistan as a heavy equipment operator in the Marine Corps.
Read More »The N.C. General Assembly passed a law in June allowing magistrates to opt out of performing civil marriages that require them to go against their religious beliefs — but law experts say it could be irrelevant.
Read More »“All inmates line up outside,” Sergeant Earvin Harrelson calls across the intercom from inside the control office.
Read More »Jack Tharrington is 18 months old. He loves to flip through picture books, play soccer, push the keys on a laptop. He’ll be a big brother in June.
Read More »Many participants in Saturday’s Historic Thousands on Jones Street march have come to the event year after year — some rallying for a particular issue, others condemning state policies in general.
Read More »It was a candlelit vigil. But in the frigid winds, the candles wouldn’t light.
Read More »Deep inside the walls of Central Regional Hospital — a massive mental health facility situated in the middle of the rural North Carolina town of Butner — sits a man living his nightmare.
Read More »North Carolina voters might need to prepare for 2016 presidential campaign ads and rallies much earlier than the state has experienced in the past.
Read More »A tidal wave of federal court decisions during fall 2014 led to legal gay marriage in North Carolina — just over two years after voters in the state banned same-sex couples from marrying.
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