| 01/31 - |
Chemical spill from coal production in West Virginia leaves residual formaldehyde in the water supply; spill now affects 16% of the state's population |
| 01/31 - |
Blue Cross changes policy and decides to offer coverage to same-sex couples after having canceled insurance plans earlier this month |
| 01/31 - |
Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for contributing "to a more stable and peaceful world order" |
| 01/31 - |
After benefiting from tax breaks and publicly-supported research, super-rich are abandoning US for tax-havens abroad |
| 01/29 - |
States propose legislation to narrow across-state gender pay gaps |
| 01/29 - |
NC legislation pushes for more transparent hospital bills after Mooresville patient charged $89k for 18 hr hospital stay |
| 01/29 - |
Boyle: DENR official says fracking in WNC a “possibility” |
| 01/29 - |
More cases of personal misconduct by high-ranking military officers exposed |
| 01/28 - |
NC unemployment rate drops, but numbers may be skewed as people stop job hunting to enroll in college full-time |
| 01/28 - |
Historically black colleges in NC face budget cuts and declining enrollment |
| 01/28 - |
Standardized testing for new Common Core school curriculum standards being reconsidered by many states due to cost concerns |
| 01/28 - |
New bill in Virginia house raises fears of "fringe beliefs" such as denials of climate change and of evolution being taught in public schools |
| 01/26 - |
Lawmaker in OK proposes preventing ALL marriages in order to prevent gay marriages; Democrats call move posturing |
| 01/26 - |
Blue Cross cancels insurance coverage for same-sex couples in NC |
| 01/26 - |
South Carolina bill proposes bill to drastically limit warrantless use of drones |
| 01/26 - |
Radioactive sludge oozes out of the ground after several oil spills in North Dakota |
| 01/25 - |
Virginia's Attorney General files brief in opposition of state's ban on gay marriage, arguing it violates Fourteenth Amendment |
| 01/25 - |
Radioactivity from Fukushima dumped in ocean affects California; levels have reached ten times norm |
| 01/25 - |
Former miner says mining companies have been contaminating WV water "for years" |
| 01/24 - |
Conservative author Dinesh D'Souza charged with campaign finance fraud |
| 01/22 - |
NC voting laws change not only voter ID laws; straight party voting will disappear |
| 01/22 - |
Iowa governor, Rand Paul struggle for control of state GOP as lead-up begins for state’s critical 2016 Republican primary |
| 01/21 - |
FDA fails to protect consumers from potentially harmful effects of GMOs |
| 01/21 - |
Grocery Manufacturers Association continues campaign against GMO labeling despite public concerns |
| 01/21 - |
West coast air quality suffers from Chinese factory pollution |
| 01/21 - |
NC ranks high in Tea Party membership despite public opposition |
| 01/21 - |
Dr. King had a dream for both social and economic justice |
| 01/20 - |
NC court deciding if teen killers – some sentenced as young as 13 – should have chance at parole |
| 01/20 - |
New trade agreement strips environmental enforcement agreements; Sierra Club, NRDC, World Wildlife Fund call effects potentially devastating |
| 01/19 - |
New Hampshire uses Obamacare funds to help those in need of long-term hospital care |
| 01/19 - |
Outreach workers helping the homeless to sign up for Obamacare across the U.S. |
| 01/19 - |
Today’s NC voter suppression follows same strategy as in 1896 |
| 01/19 - |
IMF funding left out of budget due to attached Republican demands for further delays to Obamacare |
| 01/19 - |
Amazon uses “Big Brother” data-analysis technologies to ship items to warehouses before customers even purchase them |
| 01/18 - |
Obama wants NSA to drop massive database of domestic phone calls |
| 01/18 - |
New Hampshire utilizes ACA funding to aid those in need of long-term care |
| 01/18 - |
NC's ultrasound abortion law struck down on grounds of violating the First Amendment |
| 01/18 - |
NCHRC's Overdose Prevention Program is successfully helping to save lives |
| 01/18 - |
Target security breach raises questions of privacy among state legislators |
| 01/18 - |
Whole Foods announces new produce standards, stops the use of sewage sludge as fertilizer |
| 01/18 - |
Bill proposed by NC Rep. Murphy would cut funding for mental health service, reversing 30 years of advances |
| 01/16 - |
Obama promises to bring high-tech jobs to NC -- led by NC State |
| 01/16 - |
Former UNC football player describes the academic environment for athletes as a scam |
| 01/16 - |
Research shows English, Arabic-language coverage of Syrian conflict widely divergent |
| 01/16 - |
NC GOP repeal of earned income tax credit gives tax break to rich, raises taxes on 900,000 poorest families |
| 01/16 - |
NC mining commission passes rule allowing fracking companies to keep composition of chemicals used in process secret |
| 01/15 - |
New lending law may hinder Habitat for Humanity and other non-profits |
| 01/15 - |
Team of UNC Chapel Hill researchers find possible solution to storing solar energy |
| 01/15 - |
Federal marijuana enforcement in legalized states could be decided by 2016 election results |
| 01/15 - |
Legal recognition of gay marriage has greatly expanded throughout the U.S. |
| 01/15 - |
NSA can now use radio waves for surveillance of offline computers |
| 01/15 - |
An appeals court rules the FCC cannot impose "net-neutrality" rules |
| 01/15 - |
Obama seeks to increase judicial diversity by nominating minority members for the bench |
| 01/15 - |
Unemployement benefit cuts may leave many Americans struggling |
| 01/15 - |
NSA seeks legal counsel after National Intelligence director accused of perjury |
| 01/14 - |
Water quality in North Carolina at risk as quality regulations are repealed |
| 01/14 - |
Obamacare enrollments by young people in line with national averages |
| 01/14 - |
Carbon pollution on the rise again after several years of decline |
| 01/14 - |
Release of couple convicted of "Satanic abuse" indicates end of moral panic that swept U.S., U.K. |
| 01/14 - |
Robert Gates: I didn't disagree with Obama on conduct of war; my memoir has been "hijacked" by Fox News |
| 01/13 - |
Supreme Court to consider government's right to govern falsehoods in political advertisements |
| 01/13 - |
Editorial: The world is returning to the very economic theories that led to the Great Depression |
| 01/12 - |
Krugman: North Carolina's experiment with austerity is a spectacular failure |
| 01/12 - |
Franklin McCain, member of "Greensboro Four," dies at 73 |
| 01/11 - |
Study shows "War on Poverty" actually reduced poverty levels in U.S. |
| 01/11 - |
Senate Democrats launch task force to "wake up Congress" on climate change issues |
| 01/11 - |
Chemical spill in Elk River compromises public water supply in Charleston, W.V. |
| 01/10 - |
Cherokee Indian Hospital reports sharp increase in flu cases to 56 in December |
| 01/10 - |
Department of Justice: Schools with "zero-tolerance" policies tend to disproportionately punish minority children |
| 01/10 - |
Majority of Congress, for first time, consists of millionaires |
| 01/10 - |
Environmental group details how budget cuts may lead to damage to Blue Ridge Parkway |
| 01/10 - |
ACLU to support Insane Clown Posse in suit of FBI, DOJ label of band's fans as members of 'violent gang' |
| 01/09 - |
Asheville, in poll, found to be one of the happiest places in US (and only one in list in the South) |
| 01/09 - |
McCrory's decision to leave Watts' seat open means 600k to remain unrepresented for nearly a year |
| 01/09 - |
NC State economist, heavily relied upon by regional media, has ties to Art Pope, conservative think-tanks |
| 01/08 - |
NC redistricting appeal involves issues of justice partisanship as well as rights of voters |
| 01/08 - |
Historic documents in NC's piedmont destroyed under mysterious circumstances |
| 01/07 - |
John Boyle: Moffitt's end game may be disappearance of Asheville |
| 01/07 - |
Bloggers argue that WLOS reporter's Tweets endangered police in recent Asheville stand-off |
| 01/06 - |
North Carolina's assault on public education is working |
| 01/06 - |
Movement of mangroves north on Florida coast further demonstration of global warming, scientists say |
| 01/06 - |
Rand Paul to sue President Obama over domestic spying |
| 01/06 - |
Supreme Court stops gay marriages in Utah pending review |
| 01/05 - |
US sailors who assisted in Fukushima cleanup to sue TEPCO for radiation poisoning |
| 01/04 - |
A treacherous road ahead for food labeling? |
| 01/04 - |
Sea World computer IP address linked to rigging an online poll about Blackfish documentary |
| 01/03 - |
Lawsuit says Facebook mines personal messages for data, sells information to clients |
| 01/03 - |
Stymied since Seattle, corporations go for an end run via Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty |
| 01/03 - |
State fired formed ALE director because he was a Democrat, judge rules |
| 01/03 - |
Research suggests that US undergraduates, standard population for sociological testing, not really representative of world population; less altruistic and cooperative than other groups |
| 01/03 - |
Swine flu causes at least seven deaths in Texas |
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