The government, some critics argue, is often the underlying culprit in why the U.S. has made almost no progress in closing racial health disparities.

Election Day has passed and North Carolinians made their voices heard in a variety of races. In the presidential election, ...

View live results of the North Carolina presidential election. See maps of county-by-county presidential election results in ...

Cities in Florida dominate a top ten list of the best places to live in the U.S. if you're a veteran, though the number one city isn't in the Sunshine State.

District 14 covers part of southern Mecklenburg County and most of Gaston, Cleveland, Rutherford and Burke counties. The seat ...

The number of children living in poverty in Burke County nearly doubled from 2018 to 2023. The 2023 American Community Survey shows that 4,882 children under 18 years old, about 30% of the county ...

Republicans have targeted the seat of Rep. Don Davis, a Democrat, hoping to flip it red in order to help maintain their ...

Nearly 1,800 kids in the Ashville school district are economically disadvantaged, according to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. That means their household income is less than 185% of ...

That’s why the Poor People’s Campaign has taken a grassroots approach, engaging directly with the communities it aims to mobilize. By building trust and encouraging participation, it hopes to move ...

With a population of only 540,718, Portland boasts a low unemployment rate (3.4%), low numbers of residents who are uninsured (6.4%) and a relatively low poverty rate (7.8%). Despite the higher ...

Nearly 1,000 hurricane -affected U.S. households are set to receive $1,000 in direct cash payments as part of an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven aid program. Nonprofit GiveDirectly has used AI ...