View This Email In Your Browser Pre-K students participate in Books On Break. (Photo by Doug Jackson) Morning, gang.This week we’re highlighting the work of Guilford County’s “Ready for School, Ready for Life,” program. Reporter P.R. Lockhart talked with Leslie Boney, who recently completed a series of pieces on the initiative for Public Ed Works.The […]
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The Thread: Orders in the Court
Morning, gang.This week The Assembly’s Michael Hewlett was in court in Greensboro to follow the bizarre case of a district court judge who ordered a News & Record reporter’s notes seized, slapped her with a gag order, and has now denied a request for the audio of the incident.I worked with the reporter, Kenwyn Caranna, […]
Downtown Development and A Center for the Unhoused Collide
Greensboro’s Interactive Resource Center has served people experiencing homelessness for 15 years. But increased demand and an expanding urban core have put the organization at the center of a fight.
The Thread: Tensions Over Downtown Development, Helping The Unhoused
An unhoused woman sleeps outside the Interactive Resource Center on E. Washington Street. (Joe Killian for The Assembly) Morning, gang.At an explosive Greensboro City Council meeting last week, council members sparred with the board chair of the Interactive Resource Center, now operating as a near 24/7 refuge for the city’s unhoused. Business owners, church leaders, […]
The Thread: The Changing Face of the Greensboro City Council
A peek into Greensboro City Council’s political future and the sweet success of Black Magnolia.
The Greensboro City Council Is About To Get A Lot of New Faces
Big changes could be in store with at least four, and possibly six, current members departing next year.
The Thread: New Chancellor, New Experiences
A new chancellor at N.C. A&T and new experiences at a Cosmic Summit.
North Carolina A&T Names Its Next Leader
The UNC System Board of Governors has selected James R. Martin II as the new leader of the country’s largest HBCU.
A Ride Through History
Greensboro celebrates Juneteenth with a bicycle tour of area Green Book sites.
Greensboro’s Media, Old and New
A look at the history and the future of The Rhino Times, a conservative alt-weekly in Greensboro.