Trump Under…Water?
Another poll shows Trump underwater...could he be drowning? Read More
NC Spin Articles
Keep recent economic news in perspective
One shouldn’t assess economic performance on the basis of a single week, month, quarter, or year. Conditions and trajectories change. Read More
Give Senator Tillis credit for finally saying and doing the right things
when it comes to the issue that dwarfs all others – Trump’s ongoing effort to rend American democracy and impose authoritarianism – Tillis is siding with the patriots. Read More
In defense of the printed word
Internet stories don’t have the same sense of permanence and can be ignored and the flow of trustworthy information can be called into question. Read More
The threats to democracy are real
Voting is the first line of protection. Read More
NC media tout flawed report on benefits from tax cuts
A recent NC Budget and Tax Center report is highly questionable for its accuracy. Read More
The whitewashing of America continues
It will take all of us raising our voices to say, enough! This is not the America most of us want. Most of us are immigrants, half of us are women, thirty or forty percent of us are brown or Black. Read More
Swing voters aren’t necessarily ticket-splitters
Split-ticket voters, denotes a subset of swing voters who, in any given election don’t just choose between the red team and the blue team but treat each race as an independent contest. Read More
The power of the cellphone citizen journalist
The world is watching and ordinary citizens with cellphones are there to record and report what is taking place in real time. Read More
Donald Trump debases what it means to be an American
If America is no longer defined by democracy, by striving to meet the bold promises of the Declaration of Independence, what are we as a people? What are we now to be? Read More
