Research & Publications

The Justice Center is North Carolina’s leading public policy think-tank. Through its diverse team of policy analysts, lawyers, legislative advocates and community educator/organizers, the Justice Center produces scores of newsletters, special reports, fact sheets, and opinion pieces on a host of important policy issues related to poverty in North Carolina. Most can be accessed on this site and many are available free of charge via e-mail subscription. The publications are available by topic and by author.

Here are descriptions of each publication:

REGULAR PUBLICATIONS

NC JUSTICE NEWS
Our weekly electronic newsletter, NC Justice News provides readers with a handy one-stop shop for accessing the latest Justice Center reports, updates, press releases, opinion pieces and fact sheets. Subscribe here.

LEGISLATIVE BULLETIN
Every other week during the state legislative session, Justice Center experts author a two-page document on a timely, central issue for North Carolina lawmakers.

NC HEALTH REPORT
NC Health Report is the electronic newsletter of the JusticeCenter’s Health Access Coalition. Subscribe here.

FROM THE GROUND UP
The electronic newsletter of the Justice Center’s Education and Law Project provides important information on critical education policy issues throughout North Carolina. Subscribe here.

COMMUNITY NEWS
Community News is the Justice Center’s quarterly newspaper.

OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS

MAJOR REPORTS
In addition to regular newsletters and updates, Justice Center advocates and researchers author major reports on host of critical policy topics each year. Examples of this include the Living Income Standard, which provides the cost for North Carolina’s families to live in each of the state’s 100 counties.

BTC BRIEFS and BTC REPORTS
These reports from the NC Budget & Tax Center provide timely, easy-to-understand analyses of a host of specific fiscal policy issues.

FACT SHEETS and ISSUE BRIEFS
The Justice Center also produces essential information on the range of issues addressed by the Justice Center.