As Trump’s deportation efforts continue, Siembra NC hosts training sessions on workplace rights across the state.
Sayaka Matsuoka
Sayaka Matsuoka is a Greensboro-based reporter for The Assembly. She was formerly the managing editor for Triad City Beat, an alt-weekly based in Greensboro. She has reported for INDY Week, The Bitter Southerner, and Nerdist, and is the editorial/diversity chair for AAN Publishers.
This Weekend in Greensboro: Food Truck Festival, Wheels on the Greenway & More
Here’s a look at what’s happening in Greensboro and Guilford County from May 2, 2025, to May 4, 2025.
At the Back Table, There Are No Strangers
Back Table, a new coffee shop in Greensboro wants to be an “East Coast epicenter of music and art and expression.”
Greensboro Cannabis Crawl Offers A Different Kind of Buzz
As THC-derived drinks grow in popularity, businesses in downtown Greensboro are riding the high a “Cannabis Crawl.”
‘Unapologetically Who We Are’
At Greensboro’s Next Chapter, Black stories are centered on and off the page.
Greensboro Leaders Tout Successes, Get Criticism for State of the City
The Guilford County School Board chair aired her criticisms as city officials highlighted progress.
‘Hot Mess Express’ Transforms Lives—One Swiffer at a Time
What began as a small group of Triad women cleaning strangers’ homes for free has become a national movement.
Objects Can’t Lie
A Greensboro museum has been working to return artifacts taken from Japan during World War II.

