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Ariana DeBose has been moving up in the Broadway world by leaps and bounds. The North Carolina native got her start in showbiz with a role on the…
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As an activist pastor at Raleigh’s progressive Pullen Baptist Church, Nancy Petty is often making news. She is openly gay and has championed marriage…
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The Asheville City Council voted to remove the third and final Confederate monument from Asheville’s Pack Square Tuesday night. The 65-foot Vance Monument…
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COVID-19 has exacerbated an existing shortage of licensed nurses in the state of North Carolina. Too few nurses are available for staffing at local…
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When Ella Dawson got diagnosed with genital herpes, she felt like her body betrayed her. Herpes was something dirty, something bad that happened to other…
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In more than 14 years as the leading voice on WUNC's signature program "The State of Things," veteran broadcaster Frank Stasio hosted countless memorable…
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After their initial conversations on “The State of Things” in 2006 and 2007, author Haven Kimmel and host Frank Stasio hit the road. Libraries invited the…
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The election is over, but many big questions remain for the political future of our nation. Which political party will control the U.S. Senate? Will the…
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Activists and artists continue fighting to awaken U.S. arts institutions to the foundational Blackness of Rock, EDM and Punk. The whitewashing of music…
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In September, 865,000 women left the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Eighty percent of the people who stopped working or looking…
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Friendships carry us through the high and lows of life. From celebrating our successes to helping salve the sting of rejection, the people we choose to…
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Earlier this year, WUNC announced that Frank Stasio, the host of The State of Things for more than 14 years, would be retiring at the end of 2020. This…