Royall Spence and Ben Lassiter Fighting the right in N.C. What will it take to fend off North Carolina legislators' massive attack on workers, from abortion rights to voter ID? August 5, 2013
Nicole Colson and Ben Lassiter Persecuting the victim Landen Gambill has been victimized twice--once by her rapist, then by her university. But she refuses to be silenced about the need to confront sexual assault. March 7, 2013
Outrage sparks hunger strike Inmates at three North Carolina prisons are on a hunger strike to protest deplorable prison conditions. July 31, 2012
Walking out on Tancredo’s racism Over 100 student at the University of North Carolina protested by walking out of a speech by former Congressman Tom Tancredo. May 5, 2010
Protesting fake women’s clinics Some 40 protesters, many of them students, turned out to protest an anti-abortion "crisis pregnancy center" in Greensboro, N.C. April 23, 2010
Moncure Plywood strike continues About 50 students, unionists and other activists turned out March 16 to support striking workers at Moncure Plywood. March 23, 2009
Readers’ View A principled stand against racism Readers will be happy to learn of the principled stand against the bigoted career of Jesse Helms made by a white 51-year-old North Carolina man. July 18, 2008
Ben Lassiter and Nikki Marterre FLOC protest targets tobacco giant Around 100 people turned out to support the Farm Labor Organizing Committee during a shareholders’ meeting of the Reynolds tobacco company. May 19, 2008
Rallying for the Freightliner Five Supporters of the Freightliner Five turned out in Cleveland, N.C. and other cities for actions to protest their illegal termination. May 14, 2008
