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Welcome to the North Carolina Justice Center

Our mission is to eliminate poverty in North Carolina by ensuring that every household in the state has access to the resources, services, and fair treatment it needs to achieve economic security.

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Recent Publications

BTC Report

Local communities face high costs of federal immigration enforcement

Prosperity Watch

This Tax Day, who pays, & how to address our upside-down tax code

Prosperity Watch

Boosting family incomes can transform children’s lives

BTC Brief

Reform — don’t eliminate — the Franchise Tax

Prosperity Watch

Minimum wage doesn’t cover the basics in any North Carolina county

NCJC Report

Effective and Equitable: Creating a Shared Vision for NC Schools

NCJC Report

Health Coverage or Food on the Table? North Carolinians Face Impossible Choices if Medicaid Expansion Requires Premiums

Prosperity Watch

Raising the minimum wage would boost income for 1.6 million North Carolinians

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Latest News

Health Advocacy Project

Joint Media Statement: HB655 Will Not Deliver Health Care for NC’s Working Families

Budget & Tax Center

New report: Eliminating the Franchise Tax could risk investments in education, roads & bridges 

Health Advocacy Project

STATEMENT: Flawed NC Health Care for Working Families bill forces people to jump through unnecessary, harmful hoops to gain coverage

Budget & Tax Center

NC Senators propose work reporting requirements for parents who receive Medicaid, even as federal court judge strikes down such requirements for other states

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Apr 26, 2019 10:00am

Workers Memorial Day

Raleigh, NC
May 1, 2019 11:00am

May 1 Day of Action

Raleigh, NC

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