SNAP benefits help 1.4 million North Carolinians put food on the table. The federal cuts will devastate low income families already struggling to make ends meet. Read More
The politicians like to take credit for the aggregate North Carolina numbers, but they ignore the reality that these different realities exist within the same state. Read More
The average DMV visit lasts more than 1 hour and 15 minutes, and 13% go over 2.5 hours. Read More
An effort to lower admission standards is attempting to reinforce the decision to lower math requirements for graduation from high school. Read More
Copy editors gave stories one last read before they went to the composing room to be set into lead type. Sadly, few exist today. Read More
On the eve of the Revolutionary War, as many as 30 percent of North Carolina's population was German. Read More
The vast majority of struggling low-income workers in desperate need of a raise (e.g. child care workers, retail workers) do not receive tips. Read More
Democrats have become what might be called a doughnut party: They have no middle. Read More
We are all doing our very best to make sense of what we are hearing and seeing. Maybe the most adult thing we can do is to keep an open mind to events. Read More
