Lauryn Higgins

Twitter: @laurynhiggins22

Lauryn Higgins was fortunate enough to be born and bred in what some would call a James Taylor song. A native Tar Heel and currently a graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she is Salon's Young American journalist for the state of North Carolina. Her hope is to provide an accurate portrait of the state's current affairs with an organic ethos and an on the ground perspective. Her unwavering belief in authentic truth-telling and passion to make news accessible and understandable for everyone, is what drew her to this project, and to the field of journalism. She believes her home state's heritage of being First in Flight and last to turn off the porch light is why she'll always have Carolina on her mind.

Website: www.laurynhiggins.com

Twitter @laurynhiggins22

Instagram @laurynhiggins

Coal Ash Spill

How toxic waste became this artist's unlikely muse Lauryn Higgins

Coal Ash

North Carolina's endless coal ash nightmare Lauryn Higgins

Woman in Handcuffs

North Carolina's human trafficking problem Lauryn Higgins

Hillary Clinton

In Trump country, Hillary voters still have hope Lauryn Higgins

Man holding out money

Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for Capitol Hill's harassment hush money Lauryn Higgins

Elementary School Classroom

North Carolina's big school voucher problem Lauryn Higgins

Classroom

Can North Carolina's schools be fixed? Lauryn Higgins

Bringing women together to fight climate change Lauryn Higgins

The human faces of climate change Lauryn Higgins

Robert E. Lee; Confederate Monuments

Southern states rally to remove Confederate monuments Lauryn Higgins

Voting Polling Place

North Carolina's gerrymandering dilemma heats up Lauryn Higgins

Pigs

North Carolina's big pig waste problem Lauryn Higgins

Great White Shark

Why are shark attacks on the rise in North Carolina? Lauryn Higgins

A sanctuary for women in recovery: "There’s not a woman that walks through the doors that hasn't experienced something" Lauryn Higgins

Rescue Team Providing First Aid

In North Carolina, "heroin is more accessible and cheaper than alcohol" Lauryn Higgins

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