State laws enacted to address the opioid epidemic and curb overdose rates are often at odds with their intended purpose.
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Melba Newsome
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Courts Agree That People Living Near Industrial Hog Farms in Eastern N.C. Continue to Suffer Environmental Harms
But state and local laws make it increasingly difficult for residents in Bladen, Duplin, and Sampson Counties especially, to get justice.
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Unchecked Growth of Industrial Animal Farms Spurs Long Fight for Environmental Justice in Eastern N.C.
As large-scale hog and poultry industries continue to grow in eastern North Carolina, local residents push back against decades of air and water pollution.
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Searching for Answers while Living with Long-Haul Covid
Perdensal Springs was diagnosed with COVID-19 seven months ago. She no longer tests positive for the virus, but she is far from recovered.
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A First-Hand Account of the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials’ Racial Diversity Problem
“Last summer, vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna announced they would recruit 60,000 participants for their late-stage clinical trials. Volunteering was a way to ensure that Black people were adequately represented in the research.”
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Why Is COVID-19 Disproportionately Affecting African Americans in North Carolina?
As of April 8, African Americans account for 38 percent of known cases and 35 percent of fatalities, but only 22 percent of the state’s population.
