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Journalist, educator, mom, pun enthusiast.
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Jordan Green
3 months ago
Thanks to
@theassemblync.bsky.social
for giving me the opportunity to tell the full story about how neo-Nazi terror came to our doorstep, and how their harassment campaign exposes the long tentacles of the militant accelerationist community.
www.theassemblync.com/media/neo-na...
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Iāve Seen How the Neo-Nazi Movement Is Escalating. You Should Worry.
After unmasking extremist groups, reporter Jordan Green got a first-hand look at how the āmilitant accelerationismā movement operates.
https://www.theassemblync.com/media/neo-nazi-militant-accelerationism-movement-north-carolina/
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Congrats to
@byjordangreen.bsky.social
and much deserved.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Kate Shep
Allison Salerno
9 months ago
My latest: a tiny
#appalachiantrail
town is preparing for spring AT
#hikers
after Hurricane Helene left it in ruins. Thanks to
@theassemblync.bsky.social
's
@katesheppard.bsky.social
.
#westernnc
#extremeweather
#backpacking
www.theassemblync.com/environment/...
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Tourism-Dependent Hot Springs Tries to Rebuild by Spring
Damage from Hurricane Helene has put the upcoming hiking season in question for the first town on the Appalachian Trail.
https://www.theassemblync.com/environment/hiking-appalachian-trail-hot-springs-hurricane-helene/
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As a holiday treat, we put some of our favorite stories of 2024 outside the paywall. Please check them out!
www.theassemblync.com/internal/ass...
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The Nice List
Here are our staff's favorite stories published throughout 2024, which we are putting outside our paywall as a special gift to you.
https://www.theassemblync.com/internal/assembly-favorite-stories-2024/
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Melody Joy Kramer, MLIS
10 months ago
Amazing reporting from the Smoky Mountain News
smokymountainnews.com/news/item/38...
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Haywood commissioner Ramey rebuked
Editorās note: this story contains strong language. Since his election in 2022, Haywood County Commissioner Terry Ramey has been known for lying ā about his delinquent taxes, about his votes, ab...
https://smokymountainnews.com/news/item/38755-haywood-commissioner-ramey-rebuked
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Kate Shep
Joe Killian
11 months ago
My friend and old colleague Lisa Sorg has done incredible work for years on this organization and its director. The wheel turns. Slowly, sometimes, but it turns.
#NCPol
insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
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ReBuild NCās Embattled Director Is No Longer a State Employee, a Memo Confirms - Inside Climate News
The head of the Department of Public Safety announced the departure of Laura Hogshead on Wednesday afternoon. At an oversight hearing on Monday, she defended her agency despite a $221 million budget d...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20112024/rebuild-nc-director-laura-hogshead-departure/
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Erin Gretzinger
11 months ago
Duke Respect Durham launched in fall to demand that Duke voluntarily pay $50 million a year.
@theassemblync.bsky.social
&
@indyweek.bsky.social
dug into history, data & long-simmering tensions to answer the question driving the campaign: What does a university owe its hometown?
shorturl.at/RXMZ7
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A New Campaign Asks: Does Duke Respect Durham?
A group wants Duke University to pay Durham $50 million annually. The Duke Respect Durham campaign builds on long-simmering tensions.
https://shorturl.at/RXMZ7
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Look, I think you should read all our stories til the end. But this one from
@jeffreybillman.bsky.social
really has quite the kicker.
www.theassemblync.com/education/hu...
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Former Hunt Institute Employees Describe a āCulture of Fearā
Ex-staffers say its leader has created a toxic environment that imperils the education nonprofitās futureāand former Gov. Jim Huntās legacy.
https://www.theassemblync.com/education/hunt-institute-education-staff-resignations/
11 months ago
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Kate Shep
Kyle Ingram
11 months ago
Republican Jefferson Griffin is challenging over 60,000 ballots statewide as the NC Supreme Court race heads to a recount. Many of his protests rely on legal theories posited by GOP lawyers that have been rejected by state and federal courts
#ncpol
www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...
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https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article295851219.html
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Democrat Allison Riggs is now up 623 votes in the North Carolina Supreme Court race against Republican Jefferson Griffināor about 0.02 percent of the total ballots cast.
www.theassemblync.com/politics/ele...
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What Is Going on With the State Supreme Court Race?
The state Supreme Court race between Democrat Allison Riggs and Republican Jefferson Griffin drags into its third week.
https://www.theassemblync.com/politics/elections/allison-riggs-jefferson-griffin-supreme-court-recount/
11 months ago
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Narrator: He could not.
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11 months ago
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Kate Shep
Joe Killian
11 months ago
As always - a face made for radio, a voice made for print. Watch anyway!
#NCPol
www.theassemblync.com/events/video...
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WATCH: Making Sense of the 2024 Election in North Carolina
What happened in North Carolina this year? The Assembly untangles the complex web of election results in a deeply purple state.
https://www.theassemblync.com/events/video-nc-election-results-josh-stein-mark-robinson/
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If you, like me, have grudgingly accepted you should take part in a new platform, here is The Assembly's "starter pack":
go.bsky.app/D31XM91
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The Assembly's Starter Pack
Join the conversation
https://go.bsky.app/D31XM91
11 months ago
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Charles Ornstein
11 months ago
NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
https://www.propublica.org/article/segregation-academies-school-voucher-money-north-carolina
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