June 2024

Objects Can’t Lie

The Greensboro History Museum. (Carolyn de Berry for The Assembly)

A Greensboro museum has been working to return artifacts taken from Japan during World War II.

A sea of Shibumi Shades line the shore at Topsail Island. (Courtesy of Shibumi)

The ubiquitous sun shade is on a quest for coastal domination—and isn’t afraid to fight.

Jamie White on the porch of her Gray's Creek home. (Tony Wooten for The Assembly/CityView)

As governments crack down on PFAS, residents of affected areas say it’s too little, too late as a new industrial boom is already underway.

Law enforcement vehicles respond to the April 29 shooting in Charlotte. (Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez/The Charlotte Observer via AP)

News outlets have been seeking body-camera footage amid questions about how four Charlotte officers were killed.

Jason Kloepfer's trailer. (Photo by Holly Kays for The Smoky Mountain News)

A police shooting in Cherokee County raises questions about who decides whether a legal boundary has been crossed.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein speaks at a May “Faith Leaders for Stein" roundtable. (Peyton Sickles for The Assembly)

Gubernatorial candidate Josh Stein and other Jewish politicians working to hold their traditional coalition together.

James R. Martin II has been named the next chancellor at N.C. A&T University.

The UNC System Board of Governors has selected James R. Martin II as the new leader of the country’s largest HBCU.

The death row cell block at Central Prison in February 2002. (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer, Patrick Schneider)

Fathers on North Carolina’s death row are navigating complicated relationships with their children amid uncertainty about their fate.

Photo by Matthew Vincent

We took a road trip along one of the state’s oldest highways to probe what “Carolina Core” might mean for the region’s future.

Tim Moore confers with other lawmakers outside the House Chamber. (Travis Long/The News & Observer via AP)

Lawmakers gave themselves the ability to sell, destroy, and disclose records as they see fit. Few are choosing to be transparent.