UNC's Board of Governors may reconsider a fee increase
Increasing student obligations is difficult during an inflationary cycle. Read More
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Covid statistics confirm thousands of North Carolinians are alive today because of the Cooper Administration's public health policies
The Cooper administration deserves enormous credit for having resisted the braying and name-calling by so many voices on the right. Read More
Crime is back as a voting issue
Violent crime played a role in the 2020 elections. It will do so again in 2022. Read More
Voters shouldn't back candidates who are election deniers
Candidates who can’t recognize the legitimacy of the 2020 election don’t deserve support when citizens’ votes are cast in 2022. Read More
The power of women's outrage is real
As a majority male Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wadewe are seeing women’s rage rear its formidable head once again. Read More
North Carolina policymakers must improve academic outcomes for these two groups
Standard test cannot measure everything about a child, teacher or a school. But that fact simply means that test results are incomplete, not irrelevant. Read More
More than 500 beds
Too many deal with family members in mental health crisis for us to ignore what is going on. This problem isn't going away and won't fix itself. Read More
Reliable power means nuclear power
By 2050 North Carolinians could face the very real prospect of rolling blackouts during summer months. Read More
Is the social safety net a springboard or cushion.
States are secondary to the federal government in funding the social safety net and this has always been a "hot button" topic. Read More
Legislative hearing should ask tough questions about the state's troubled hurricane response
The state has received almost $500 million in disaster relief money for Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, yet six years after the first hurricane thousands of people still haven't been able to return to their homes. Read More
