Rachel Lewis Hilburn continues her conversation with Michael Johnson on political division and media literacy’s role.

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As a fellow gigging musician, Mark Herbert notes how David Dixon's “The Musician's Gold Mine” shares valuable perspectives.

PLANT NATIVE : Alliance for Cape Fear Trees host free tree distribution event this Friday and (if you’re lucky) Saturday. Photos by Jeff Hall Photography Having grown up in rural Mount Airy, NC, I now covet the treasures of the natural world that surrounded our single-wide trailer. Acres of trees on land that belonged to my grandfather (and his grandparents); where his three children (including my mother) grew up priming tobacco; and where they would continue to live and buil