Shoresides
A local solutions journalism podcast by and for BIPOC communities in coastal North Carolina. Through news stories, interviews, updates, and special programs we keep you engaged with local news from across the region.
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Wilmington, N.C.'s RideMICRO and the Riders Who Need It Most
Lyft rideshare data shows Spanish-language riders in New Hanover County are 75% more likely to be women, and their trips are more likely to end at schools, workplaces, and grocery stores. Meanwhile, 70% of Latinos surveyed across North Carolina...
Immigrants in a Low-Life-Expectancy Community in Wilmington, N.C., Encounter Transportation Disadvantages—Including Immigration Courts Hundreds of Miles Away
Vanessa Gonzalez is an immigration attorney in Wilmington. Many of her clients live in southeastern North Carolina.The federal offices deciding their cases do not. In this episode, Shoresides learns what that distance means in practice—and how ...
The RideShare Gap: One Wilmington Community Uses Rideshare for Convenience, Another Survival
Poet Delthea Simmons had a license, a car on its last legs, and a hometown she loved. What she didn't have was reliable transportation—so she organized her shopping, her work, and eventually her exit from Wilmington around rideshare apps. In th...
In Edgecombe County, a Fight Over Data Centers and Community Futures
Across the country, communities are confronting a new challenge: what happens when the growing demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure collides with local concerns about land, water, energy and quality of life?North Carolina is...
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