North Carolina

Ricky Hurtado, the first Latino candidate to run for North Carolina's House of Representatives, poses for a portrait by a mural in Graham on March 10, 2020. It's been a tumultuous few months for Hurtado. In November, the 32-year-old son of a Salvadoran im
Every 30 Seconds
What impact will Latino voters have on North Carolina in the future?
Brayan Guevara identifies as Afro Latino. His family comes from Honduras.
Every 30 Seconds
‘I feel really good’: Afro Latino first-time voter looks forward to Biden administration
Eight square-size pictures of young men and women appear over a white background.
Every 30 Seconds
2020 Election: The voting power of Latino youth
Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
This independent Afro Latino voter has decided on Biden
A boy sits in a living room at a desk and watches a TV with a lesson airing on it.
Education
Math at midnight: Students stuck in US struggle with remote learning at Chinese schools
Nodia Mena and her son, Brayan Guevara, talk about everything, but especially race and politics.
Every 30 Seconds
This Afro Latina says identity will always be important when she votes
Brayan Guevara in front of Irving Park Elementary School, in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he is a teacher's assistant, June 3, 2020.
Every 30 Seconds
This young Afro Latino teacher and voter wants to be a model for his students
Qasim Rashid is a congressional candidate in Virginia. He sees attacks on himself as an opportunity to open up a dialogue with people. 
US politics
This Muslim American congressional candidate sees hateful messages as a chance for dialogue
A woman in a hijab smiles and poses with three boys ranging in age
Global Nation Education
Campus housing takes on new meaning as US considers more caps on refugee resettlement
An aerial view of damaged homes, trees and extra debris surrounded by water in the Bahamas.
Natural disasters
Bahamas officials search for storm survivors as Dorian heads for Florida, Georgia
Satellite mapping image of Hurricane Michael making landfall in Florida
Climate Change
Warming ocean waters turned Hurricane Michael into a superstorm
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Politics
‘Hope to hopelessness’: Will government step up after second storm? 
People are shown in rain jackets wading through a flooded street in New Bern, North Carolina, Sept. 13, 2018.
Hurricane Florence deluges Carolinas ahead of landfall
Hurricane Florence seen over the Atlantic Ocean
With massive Hurricane Florence approaching, a million people are urged to evacuate
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Environment
The UK’s move away from coal means they’re burning wood from the US
Two interior designers from New Delhi, Divya Jain and Smita Prakash (right), have visited the High Point Market in North Carolina five times. They are trying to carve out a niche as the Indian designers who can deliver American-designed furniture.
50 States
A small North Carolina city stakes its claim as the global capital of furniture buying
Since the turn of the 20th century, cities like Lexington, North Carolina were the furniture-making capitals of America. The area has lost 60 percent of of its manufacturing jobs, largely to Asian factories, since the 1990’s.
North Carolina’s fight to keep its foothold on furniture
Activity using Strava's tracking technologies such as the one above has helped the company produce a heat map of the world using one billion total activities.
Technology
Recent discovery on Strava heat map points out the ease of leaking data through social media platforms
Members of the band, Mosquitos
Music
The World’s music features this week: Mosquitos and Cero39
Garment District
Arts
My family’s ties to the global garment industry
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Economics
Her job at the mill bought her a new, better life
A picture illustration shows a Facebook logo reflected in a person's eye, in Zenica, March 13, 2015.
Global Politics
Russian trolls tried to recruit a prominent US activist. He didn’t take the bait, but others did.
Yessy Bustos started picking in fields across America at age 8. Today she works in farmworker's rights advocacy.
Economics
In North Carolina, immigrant farmworkers wonder about their place in America
Despite being undocumented, Zully was able to go to college to study arts. Much of her work reflects her experience as an immigrant in America.
Global Politics
An immigrant family remembers the past and ponders their future under Trump
Penn State senior Makealy Meyers with NextGen Climate registers a potential voter just off campus and gets him to sign a commitment card to vote for a candidate who will tackle climate change.
Election 2016
Environmentalists to millennials: Donald Trump’s climate policies are dangerous
A farm worker in California's Central Valley picks fruit by hand. An estimated 98 percent of California farm workers are foreign born, the majority of them unauthorized.
Economics
Farmers continue to wait (and wait) for relief on immigration reform
Jimmy Blanco, 9, holds a corncob in front of the Cuban and the U.S. flags in Havana, March 23, 2016. Struggling under a US embargo, many Cubans hope an easing of US-Cuban trade relations will bring material improvements to their lives.
Economics
North Carolina farmers increasingly look to export to Cuba
Donald Trump pauses while speaking at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, NC. July 26, 2016.
Conflict
Veterans hold crucial presidential votes in razor-thin North Carolina race
LGBTQ
Global Politics
Anti-LGBTQ laws in US prompt travel warning from UK’s government
Conflict
Death could not stop his drive to help Syria’s refugees
A US National Weather Service map shows precipitation levels across the southeastern US on October 4, 2015. White splotches in South Carolina indicate areas with more than 10 inches of rain.
Environment
The Carolinas’ ‘thousand-year’ flood follows a big rainfall trend across the US
Zeynep Tufekci at SXSW 2015.
Justice
‘Power in numbers’ is more than a phrase — it’s a vital part of social change
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Conflict
Donations mushroom in honor of slain Muslim students; will help thousands who fled Syria
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Culture
Nothing challenged my readiness to live in the US more than a chicken sandwich
John D. Bassett III re-opening a vacant furniture factory in 2012.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Here’s how an American furniture maker battled globalization, for his employees
John D. Bassett III re-opening a vacant furniture factory in 2012.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Here’s how an American furniture maker battled globalization, for his employees
Two young women walk down a street while talking on the phone.
Global Politics
So why aren’t young Americans spooked by NSA surveillance?
Four year old Portia Walton runs toward Abdul Haji during the Westgate Mall massacre. Her mom and others shelter under the black and white table in the middle. The terrorists are holed up and firing from the supermarket beyond the table.
Conflict & Justice
Meet the Kenyan hero who fought terrorists and rescued dozens
Arts, Culture & Media
Nairobi Attack by al-Shabab: ‘A Sign of Desperation’
Lifestyle & Belief
A Touch of India in North Carolina
Anil Gandhi in North Carolina
Lifestyle & Belief
A touch of India in North Carolina
A customer uses a computer at an internet cafe in Tehran. (Photo: REUTERS/Raheb Homavandi)
Conflict & Justice
Iranians Get Brief Taste of Free Access to Social Media
N.C. Rep. Walter Jones & His Constituents Don’t Support U.S. Action in Syria
Activists Confront a Changing Voting Rights Landscape
Revisiting the Civil Rights Movement Ahead of the March on Washington’s 50th Anniversary
INFOGRAPHIC: What the Data Tells Us About Voting in America
North Carolina Overhauls Election Process
Global Politics
Protests, arrests pile up as North Carolina legislature pushes conservative agenda
Global Politics
Voting underway across the country as Americans choose between Romney, Obama
Global Politics
Sandy claims tall ship HMS Bounty off coast of North Carolina
Global Politics
Hurricane Sandy leaves death, destruction as it roars ashore
Global Politics
Islamic, Latino communities claim mistreatment by federal agents on northern border
Business, Economics and Jobs
Charlotte restaurant serves up free meals, jobs, fellowship for homeless
Global Politics
Bill Clinton delivers rousing speech to fired up Democratic National Convention crowd
Global Politics
Democrats prepare to kick off 2012 national convention
Global Politics
At Republican National Convention, big donors get big access
Global Politics
Proposed gay marriage amendment forces Somali immigrants to confront taboo
Global Politics
Some 750,000 Pennsylvania citizens may be barred from voting, under new law
Global Politics
When it comes to the presidential election, battleground states matter more
Arts, Culture & Media
TV actor Andy Griffith dies at 86 in North Carolina