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5 lessons to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic

July 9, 2021

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Rev. Nelson Johnson, Civil Rights leader and Greensboro Massacre survivor, dies at 81 February 11, 2025
Featured photo: Renowned Greensboro civil rights activist Rev. Nelson Johnson speaks at the Revival Reimagined event in 2024. (photo by Brandon Demery) Troy, Alabama had John Lewis. The Triangle has William Barber II. And Greensboro had Nelson Johnson. On Monday afternoon, news spread of the passing of Greensboro’s Civil Rights icon, who was the co-founder […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
On Saturday, Cirque de la Symphonie and the Winston-Salem Symphony will fuse movement, music and magic February 6, 2025
Aerialists with Cirque de la Symphonie fly high. (Photograph by James Farley) The symphony is performing this weekend, but rather than staying quiet, the performers are encouraging the audience to “get loud.” “When you have certain performers on stage, you just can’t help it,” says Alexander Streltsov, the creator and producer of the upcoming show […]
Gale Melcher
‘Hot Mess Express’ transforms lives — one Swiffer at a time February 6, 2025
Featured photo: The women of Hot Mess Express take time out of their weekends to clean strangers’ homes, for free. Since the organization started in 2021, Hot Mess Express has grown to more than 100 affiliates across the country. (photo by Carolyn de Berry) This story was co-published with the Assembly. Learn more at theassemblync.com. […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
In ‘Becoming More,’ a trans musician tells their story, inspires others in upcoming one-night only show February 6, 2025
Featured photo: Lyn Koonce and Stephen Emberley collaborated to create ‘Becoming More,’ a musical show based on Emberley’s experience as a transgender person. (photo by Lynn Donovan) As a child, Stephen A. N. Emberley lived a sheltered life. They grew up in New England as part of a fundamentalist non-denominational Christian household. Their grandfather was […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
Winston-Salem’s new homeownership project allows the city to sell vacant lots sold for $1 to build affordable housing February 5, 2025
Featured photograph: Some of the Equitable Homeownership Project’s “mission-driven housing.” (Photograph by Gale Melcher) The city of Winston-Salem owns a lot of empty lots. And in order to get that vacant land into the hands of developers interested in building affordable housing, they’re selling parcels for $1 apiece. In late January, Winston-Salem plunged into 23 […]
Gale Melcher

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5 lessons to learn from the COVID-19 pandemic