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Your Voice, Your Vote: Election 2020

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2020 Defender of Justice Awards

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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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Prosperity Watch

Corporate windfalls from COVID-19 mostly benefit rich shareholders

Fact Sheet

New Federal Eviction Moratorium: Does It Apply to Me?

BTC Brief

Businesses owned by people of color face a long road to COVID-19 recovery

NCJC Report
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State of Working NC 2020: Curing What Ails Us

BTC Brief

Jobless workers in N.C. need more certainty

Your Voice Your Vote
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YOUR VOICE, YOUR VOTE: Housing

Know Your Rights

Write to Your Employer: Staying at Home to Protect Yourself from COVID-19

Prosperity Watch

Every county needs the stabilizing force of Unemployment Insurance 

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Latest News

Budget & Tax Center

New labor market data for N.C. highlight slowing recovery, ongoing need

Fair Chance Criminal Justice Project

Thanks to Bipartisan Second Chance Act, 400,000 Convictions Eligible for Prosecutor-Initiated Expunctions

Budget & Tax Center

New Census data on poverty, income, housing and health can help gauge pandemic’s effects

Budget & Tax Center

U.S. Census Bureau releases data on health insurance coverage in N.C.

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Upcoming Events

Oct 1, 2020 7:00pm

Southerners for Medicaid Expansion Vigil

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Oct 4, 2020 5:00pm

Defenders of Justice Awards

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