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,...
How Growth Is Stripping Wilmington of Its Trees and What Comes Next
Wilmington’s trees are disappearing faster than they can be replaced. In this episode Shoresides talks with Executive Director Isabel...
Why Outer Banks Houses Keep Collapsing
Send us a text When a million-dollar beach house in the Outer Banks collapses into the surf, it looks...
From Field to Food Bank: Rethinking How America Feeds Itself
In this episode of Shoresides, host Nicolas Magrino talks with Mike Meyer, Head of Farmer Advocacy for The FarmLink...
The Ocean Is Changing Color
The ocean is getting greener — and bluer. Scientists can see it from space. But what does it mean?...
When SNAP Cuts Hit Home: How H.R. 1 and the Shutdown Are Straining North Carolina’s Food Banks
Send us a text As the effects of H.R. 1 ripple across the country, North Carolinians are feeling the...
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....