June 2024

Turning On a Dime

Tasting dishes on display at a past Chow Chow food festival. (Photo courtesy Stephan Pruitt Photography)

Food festivals have tried to correct for exploitation and elitism, but still struggle financially.

Tiger Woods tees up at the 2005 U.S. Open. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Introducing our new podcast series on the backstory of Pinehurst and the U.S. Open.

Lisa Williams recently left her job in New Hanover County Schools. (Johanna F. Still for The Assembly)

I taught in public schools for more than two decades, but I just quit—and you need to know why.

Disney is planning a new development near the Haw River in Chatham County. (Julia Wall for The Assembly)

Disney’s new planned development in Chatham County adds to tensions over growth, infrastructure, and the environment.

Sen. Jesse Helms points while making comments at the end of a hearing in 1997. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)

The bomb-throwing TV commentator and arch-conservative U.S. senator died 16 years ago, but his legacy is alive and kicking.

Scott Yost in front of the former Rhinoceros Times office in downtown Greensboro. (Carolyn de Berry for The Assembly)

For over 30 years, The Rhino Times has been an anomaly—a right-wing alt-weekly in left-leaning Greensboro.

The empty first floor of Summerfield Town Hall. (Photo by Ren Larson)

The resignation of Summerfield’s town staff puts the future of the antigrowth suburb into question.

Todd Strader at his Apex home. (Cornell Watson for The Assembly)

Some of the worst brain injuries soldiers face come from their own weapons, and North Carolina is at the epicenter of this growing crisis.

Mark Walker, director of faith and minority outreach for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. (Kate Medley for The Assembly)

The former minister was a rising star before he fell out of favor with top Republicans. Now he’s back.