Aaron Sanchez-Guerra

Pascual Ramirez, 65, is a former vendor at the Buckhorn Flea Market in Mebane. He closed his business on June 30, 2024 after 28 years operating there.

Sonya Williams, 59, sit in her Wendell home with her mother, Eunice Towns, 77.

Juan José Ceballos, 32, died on July 6, 2024. The North Carolina Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Division is investigating the incident but declined to provide details on the nature of the death.

The Durham Community Land Trustees has received a grant from UnidosUS to fund Durham Latino homeownership programs.

Hasson Bacote in a photo taken at Central Prison in Raleigh.

A group of teenagers with signs protesting House Bill 10 at the North Carolina General Assembly on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

A group of teenagers with signs protesting House Bill 10 at the North Carolina General Assembly on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024.

Symptoms of extreme heat, and steps to follow to stay healthy from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

North Carolina's climate could warm by as many as 10 degrees over the next 75 years. With this looming threat, the push to implement heat-related protections for outdoor workers is even more urgent. Worker protections are a central issue in this year's race for North Carolina's labor commissioner.

Owners of a Nash County farm say they should not have been cited by state labor officials in the death of a seasonal farmworker because of what his autopsy reveals.