Just released: Our 2023 legislative agenda

Read policy recommendations for this year's legislative session

A Celebration to Honor Rick Glazier

A Celebration to Honor Rick Glazier

Important information for Medicaid recipients

What to do if your benefits have been reduced or terminated
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2023 North Carolina Legislative Session: An Opportunity to Unlock Economic Potential and Build Resilience

NCJC Report

State of Working North Carolina: Looking Back on the Pandemic

NCJC Report

Still Stymied: Why Integration Has Not Transformed North Carolina Schools

NCJC Report

New Performance Pay Plan for Teachers: Approach with Caution and Skepticism

NCJC Report
NC Drug Tax

“Nothing to do with Grace, Nothing to do with Justice”: The Human Impact of North Carolina’s Unauthorized Substances Tax

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Know Your Rights as a Worker in North Carolina

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Public Charge: The Law Has Changed

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Workers' Rights Project

North Carolina Justice Center’s statement on protecting the right to abortion

North Carolina Justice Center releases 2023 legislative agenda

Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project

N.C. Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in civil rights groups’ historic lawsuit to permanently restore voting rights to over 56,000 people and end felony disenfranchisement in North Carolina

Immigrant & Refugee Rights

New Department of Homeland Security guidance is a positive step in protecting immigrant workers

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