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William Greider is used to standing up to power.In the early 1980s, he got Ronald Reagan’s budget director to admit that trickle-down economics was a sham…

In the 1970s, the small town of Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina was dominated by the J.P. Stevens textile mills, which controlled many aspects of its…

Brazil is often touted as a racial democracy or a multicultural paradise. More than half of the country's population is of African descent, and there are…

Wiley Cash's latest novel, "This Dark Road to Mercy," is set in his hometown of Gastonia, N.C. The work follows a complicated family story that begins…

In October 2012, the North Carolina Department of Transportation condemned a Concord property and demolished a vacant building to make way for a new…

Political Junkie Ken Rudin reminds us of the significance of this day in North Carolina political history: February 7, 1984 was the filing deadline for…

After ongoing controversy about educator pay, Governor Pat McCrory announced a plan to increase salaries for new teachers yesterday. Under this plan, the…

One of the state’s largest and most successful tech companies is the Cary-based SAS. CEO and co-founder Jim Goodnight says the success of the global…

This coming Fat Tuesday, the streets of downtown Durham will be filled with the sounds and celebrations of Mardi Gras. The Durham Mardi Gras parades and…

In his 27 years as Wake County’s District Attorney, Colon Willoughby has prosecuted everything from high-profile murder cases to corruption in state…