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The Federal Lifeline: Government Assistance In North Carolina
Ask most North Carolinians what they think of “welfare” and you’ll get one answer – likely shaded with moral judgment. But ask them whether they’ve benefited from Medicaid, crop insurance, a child tax credit or food stamps, and the reaction tends to shift: a pause, a qualification, or pivot. The data on government assistance in
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North Carolina’s Next Chapter
A strategy for how North Carolina can use growth to improve and sustain the quality of life for all our state’s people, in all our state’s places.
Our Daily Bread: The Hourly Workers Package
North Carolina’s hourly workers have been overlooked and abused for a very long time. It’s time to put them back at the front of the line for growth, and make work pay again.
The Road to Home: Fair and Affordable Housing for North Carolina
In this new report, we lay out a policy roadmap to create fair, affordable housing for all of North Carolina – giving our state a “Road to Home.”
Voices from the Break Room: Working-class values in North Carolina
Carolina Forward dives deep into what North Carolina’s working-class voters think, believe and hope for – and what they want to see in political leadership.
Our Indivisible Destiny: The Case for Democracy and Reform for the Future
“Our Indivisible Destiny” lays out a package of reforms to make North Carolina’s representative government more transparent, responsive, and fair.