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A storefront with signs reading "Wear your f***ing mask" and "Mask required. Please note: Peel staff are fully vaccinated."

COVID-19 in NC: What now?

by Elizabeth Thompson and Mona Dougani March 22, 2022March 23, 2022

A girl with a reading disability such as dyslexia sits at a table overwhelmed by books all around her

Children's Health

Reading through the lines: The correlation between literacy and incarceration

by Elizabeth Thompson March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

Graphic shows the school-to-prison pipeline at work a baby crawling become a girl growing up during the pandemic wearing a mask and backpack to a woman to a woman in a prison jumpsuit.

Children's Health

Back to school: Advocates worry about pandemic’s impact on most vulnerable youth in the justice system

by Elizabeth Thompson March 17, 2022March 18, 2022

Person sits at a desk looking at a zoom. He is behind bars representing the juvenile justice system.

The pandemic shines a light on just how many school-related infractions end with children in the juvenile justice system

by Elizabeth Thompson March 14, 2022March 18, 2022

Three people pose at a booth for NC AIDS ACTION. On the table is a sign that says "PrEP works!"

A seat at the table for LGBTQ North Carolinians at Durham Queer Health Fair

by Elizabeth Thompson March 8, 2022March 7, 2022

shows a big pregnant belly in a striped shirt.

In the wake of #FreeBritney, do people with disabilities in NC have access to their reproductive rights?

by Elizabeth Thompson February 22, 2022February 22, 2022