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Can we teach civics without partisan politics?North Carolina high schools are graduating young people who arguably can read and do math, but don’t have basic understandings of our state and country’s systems for government or their role as citizens in them. Read More |
There is a trend among young women who hope to snag sugar daddies and live a life of ease, as older, more established and wealthier husbands provide a level of security for them they have not had to provide for themselves. Read More
The Community College Research Center ranks North Carolina 10th in the nation in the share of its transfer students who complete their bachelor’s degrees within six years. Read More
New tax disclosures, latest polling, GOP stiff-arms have put the Lt. Governor in a tough spot Read More
Students in our state who attended school during the height of the pandemic can expect 7% lower lifetime earnings than they would have otherwise experienced. That should be a wake-up call. Read More
More intellectual diversity in newsrooms can only help avoid future media frenzies. Read More
Dogs will have to quack, and pigs trained to fly, before a large percentage of Black folks I know will support him. Read More
Localities already possess the power to make many consequential decisions about how North Carolinians live, work, travel, and recreate. Read More
Voters stare from Biden to Trump asking themselves the question. It doesn't sound too promising. Read More
Neither candidate could identify a policy difference between themselves and their opponent. Read More
DEI's original appeals to conscience got distorted. A group of professors are proposing reforms that lift up students and faculty from disadvantaged minority backgrounds, without harassing or despising others. Read More
I can’t imagine where they’ll find any New Yorker unfamiliar with the case so they may have to go a little farther afield. I’m thinking…Saturn. Read More
New report identifies a yawning housing gap for hundreds of thousands of NC households. Read More
False political ads have a chilling effect on qualified and competent people serving in critical roles in our government for fear of future political ramifications. Read More
I adamantly beg my children not to get me one of those Jitterbug phones with giant buttons that offer options for calling them or 911. I am not there… yet. Read More
Unless there is a large and positive “April surprise” in General Fund collections North Carolina lawmakers need to get ready to tell lots of people “no.” Our budget must balance. Read More
"Life is precious and finite, and there are much higher forms of happiness than an endless scroll." Read More
Trump leads Biden by a larger margin and Robinson leads, instead of trailing Stein, as other recent polls suggest. Read More
When it comes to Donald Trump hate is the gas that fuels his unorthodox presidential campaign, and feverish quest to return to power. Read More
The latest High Point University Poll finds that self-identified registered voters in North Carolina are split in their intended votes for U.S. president and U.S. Congress, as well as North Carolina governor, House of Representatives and Senate. Read More
We can’t afford another round of costly trade wars that diminish foreign markets for the machinery, pharmaceuticals, farm products, and other goods and services we produce. Read More
The March report indicating 300,000 new jobs was significantly above expectations for a number of reasons. But can this continue? Read More
Is Trump a lizard-brain genius or is the whole system is so corrupt that decent, hardworking folk will never get ahead? Read More
The oldest trick in the right-wing playbook: use DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) to stir up hate and prejudice that will divide us. Read More
In an Alabama state House election the Democrat hammered the Republican on abortion. The Republican dodged. He lost a seat the GOP held for two decades by 25 points. Read More
The top three issues are immigration, the economy and preserving democracy. Read More
