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Do we have the will to fix rural healthcare?In our 80 rural counties residents are older, poorer, more obese, have higher blood pressure, and lower life expectancy that state averages. Read More |
Remembering the stories of our lamps makes people and events present for us. Read More
Freedom isn’t easy. It requires us to be grown-ups, to settle for living in a society in which some people just aren’t going to do what we say or believe what we believe. Read More
Out of the blue, something happens to remind you that not all is lost; that most of your neighbors are decent human beings and that enlightenment and progress are still possible. Read More
The 2024 gubernatorial election seems primed to be a character election where issues fall by the wayside. Read More
There’s a real benefit to the access that politicians like Jackson provide, especially in an era where government has become far too distant and opaque. Read More
The conservative attacks on the LGBT+ community and public education are rooted in a fear of change and people they consider different. Read More
Search to see if your county is one of the 24. Read More
The Journal of the American Medical Association’s psychiatry edition found a strong association between death rates and church attendance. Read More
NY Times columnist and Duke lecturer asked how much bigotry and divisiveness voters are willing to endorse, indulge or overlook? Read More
Many people are acting like their coins only have one side. Read More
Maybe it's time to go back to electing farmers. Read More
Full implementation of the comprehensive plan would require lawmakers to appropriate nearly $6 billion in new education funding by 2028. Read More
Respondents overwhelmingly agreed (83 percent) that parents should decide where their child attends school. Read More
William Barber is a voice for the voiceless in a world of noisy hate. Read More
A Canadian think tank ranks North Carolina 9th among the states in economic freedom. In 2010 we ranked 19th. Read More
Recent motions filed by Republican legislators will test just how independent the third branch of state government will be. Read More
Superintendent of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt seems more concerned with appeasing the Republican partisans who rule the state legislature than making sure every school child has access to a quality public education and their schools and teachers have the resources needed to do it. Read More
Too many put politics ahead of principle. You can get rid of them with your vote. Read More
The stalemate exists because of a lack of agreement on steps needed to make it work. Read More
Americans are starting to feel better about their future for the first time in years. The president has shown we can solve problems and the divisiveness of the past decade won't. Read More
Do North Carolinians receive an adequate return for the large investment they make in the UNC System? Read More
Can a decent, principled Republican exorcise the Trump demon as a third party candidate? Read More
In the last two years national numbers show hourly earnings have risen fastest for occupations paying the least, while increasing the slowest for occupations paying the most. Read More
The shoe is no on the other foot. For years NC Democrats running for the US Senate stayed away from Democratic presidential candidates. Hugging Trump will cost Republicans votes. Read More
For the past year a House committee has traveled the state to study ways to reinvent North Carolina's system of public education. Read More