Research & Publications

The Justice Center is one of North Carolina’s leading public policy think-tanks. 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 below and many are available free of charge via e-mail subscription.

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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.

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

Fact Sheets - Critical information on the range of issues addressed by the Justice Center.

Issue Briefs - Concise infromation about key issues.

Justice Center Legislative Update
A “must read” for those who wish to monitor and/or impact state legislative debates.

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.

NC Policy Brief  
Each week during the state legislative session and periodically thereafter, NC Policy Brief analyzes one critical issue of public policy affecting vulnerable North Carolinians.

NC Health Report 
NC Health Report is the electronic newsletter of the Justice Center’s Health Access Coalition.

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

Facts for Action and Change 
Facts for Action and Change (FFAC) is a newsletter that works to make the Justice Center’s work relevant and understandable to community-based activists.

From the Ground Up 
This newsletter of the Justice Center’s Education and Law Project provides important information on critical education policy issues throughout North Carolina.

Living Income Standard 
Every two years the Justice Center publishes the Living Income Standard which provides the cost for North Carolina’s families to live in each of the state’s 100 counties.

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