How trusted messengers in eastern North Carolina are building faith in public health
Public health depends on science. But science alone doesn’t build trust. In rural eastern North Carolina, trust is shaped...
What does it take to strengthen the systems people rely on in southeastern NC?
Health is often talked about as a matter of personal choice. But the truth is, our well-being is shaped...
Inside Black Rural Life: What We Miss When These Stories Aren’t Told
Black communities have long been central to rural life in the South, helping shape the culture, economy and civic...
A North Carolina Winter Storm As Seen Through Lyft Ride-Share Data
Inclement weather exposes our transportation options—and where we most need to go. In the case of Wilmington, NC, as...
How Access Shapes Trust in Rural Health Systems
In southeastern North Carolina, residents in Columbus County face some of the steepest challenges to living a healthy life....
Dr. Mayra Galeano on Viewing Wilmington’s Life Expectancy Gap Up Close
Send a text Data showing that the community surrounding Portia Mills Hines Park has the lowest life expectancy in...
Building rural power with Down Home North Carolina
In this week’s episode, we visited Down Home North Carolina, a non-profit organization that builds rural, multiracial and working-class...
Urbanist Andrés Otero on Carlessness in Wilmington, N.C.
Send a text “New Hanover County has one of the highest shares of households without vehicle access in North...
Who Gets to Define Rural Communities?
In our first episode, we ask: Who gets to shape the stories that define rural communities? Welcome to Rural...
Fixing Wilmington’s Pedestrian Safety Gap
Send a text Recently, the Wilmington StarNews and Cape Fear Collective dug into Wilmington, N.C.’s life-expectancy gap. It turns out...
The Real Vanessa Gonzalez: A Wilmington, N.C. Immigration Lawyer Found a Disturbing Profile on Facebook, Why Won’t Meta Help?
Send us a text In this episode, Shoresides talks with Vanessa Gonzalez about what it means when people looking...
North Carolina lawmakers go all in on partisan gerrymandering in state’s Black Belt
Send us a text North Carolina’s latest congressional map is part of Republicans’ efforts nationwide to gain more seats...
Explaining NC’s latest redistricting of Black Belt counties
Send us a text Ahead of the 2026 Election, North Carolina’s Republican lawmakers — at the request of President...
Inside the history of redistricting in North Carolina’s Black Belt
North Carolina’s Black Belt is a cluster of northeastern counties known for its rich soil and history. And now,...
The Stories We Tell About Rural Health
Across this series, we’ve explored the stories told about rural communities. This episode examines how rural health is framed...