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Focuses on concerns of parents of black and Latino students in Greensboro, North Carolina regarding their children's education. Efforts of officials to improve educational programs for minority students, including hiring more teachers, building a high school, and beginning an achievement program; Reasons minority parents want a greater say in how their children are educated.

Reports on the Edenton Steamers, in Edenton, North Carolina, the smallest community-owned semi-professional baseball franchise in the United States. Support which the team receives from volunteers; Description of payment of the players, which includes home-made pies and uniforms which are sewn by town residents; Discussion of a revival of small-town baseball teams in the region.

Reports on the closing of the last Converse All Star sneaker factory in the United States and its impact on the residents of Lumberton, North Carolina, where the plant was located.

Discusses the effect of the destruction of the Quaker Neck Dam in Goldsboro, North Carolina on the ability of fish to breed in upper sections of the Neuse River.

Discusses the issues surrounding commercialization in education in the United States. Possibility that the school board in Charlotte, North Carolina will allow corporations to buy naming rights for gymnasiums, computer labs and other school facilities; Shortage of funding experienced by schools; Concern about the ubiquity of advertising.

Discusses step taken in North Carolina to ensure that political campaigns assume greater responsibility for negative advertisements.

Discusses desperate conditions that tobacco farmers in North Carolina are enduring from the shrinking demand for tobacco.

Reports on efforts in North Carolina to increase the severity of sentences for deaths related to drunk driving.