The RideShare Gap: One Wilmington Community Uses Rideshare for Convenience, Another for Survival
Poet Delthea Simmons had a license, a car on its last legs, and a hometown she loved. What she...
In Edgecombe County, a Fight Over Data Centers and Community Futures
Across the country, communities are confronting a new challenge: what happens when the growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure...
The Hands Behind Our Food: Farmworker Stories from Rural North Carolina
Agriculture contributes billions of dollars to North Carolina’s economy and helps put food on tables across the country. Yet...
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...
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...
Tales of the Sea: Captain John Mallette on How He Survived Lightning
North Carolina has a long history of sea narratives: chapbooks that chronicled brave captains, daring crews, and the adventures...