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September 9, 2020

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In TCB’s inaugural reverse town halls, voters shared thoughts on the economy, housing, education and healthcare and asked candidates to listen October 11, 2024
by Gale Melcher and Sayaka Matsuoka Featured photo: Panelist Alex Mitchell speaks during the Greensboro reverse town hall on Oct. 7. (photo by Carolyn de Berry) On Oct. 7 and Oct. 8, Triad City Beat hosted its first reverse town-halls in an effort to center voters over candidates. The model, which was inspired by events […]
Gale Melcher
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Two disasters, two different responses October 9, 2024
Featured photo: Left: Asheville resident Bill McMannis took this photo on Sept. 27 the day after Hurricane Helene. (photo by Bill McMannis) Right: Palestinians inspect the ruins of Watan Tower destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza city, on October 8, 2023. (photo by Palestinian News & Information Agency (Wafa) in contract with APAimages, CC BY-SA […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
Winston-Salem’s police-free mental-health team is expanding October 9, 2024
Winston-Salem’s mental health response team has been receiving a lot of calls — more than 3,000 of them — since May 2023. The team, called the Behavioral Evaluation and Response Team, or BEAR, is unlike other mental-health response teams because they respond to calls without police to help people experiencing non-violent mental health crises. Crisis […]
Gale Melcher
Ten years in, the Artist Bloc remains a safe haven for Greensboro’s Black creatives October 9, 2024
Featured photo: Singer Songbird Raven performs at the Artist Bloc on Sept. 13. (photo by Carlos Carter) The Artist Bloc’s stage has seen many things. One night there’s a middle-aged man with glasses, locs past his shoulder and an alto saxophone strapped around his neck as he raps and dances around the room. Sometimes, he […]
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Emergency election changes approved to help voters in 13 Helene-damaged NC counties October 8, 2024
Featured photo: Adobe Stock This story was first published by Lynn Bonner, NC NewslineOctober 7, 2024 It will be easier for residents of 13 counties hardest hit by Hurricane Helene to cast absentee ballots this fall, as the state Board of Elections adopted a host of changes meant to help voters recovering from the disaster. […]
Sayaka Matsuoka

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2 Reasons Anonymous Online Discourse is Good For Mental Health