Speaking of qualifications
A board of politically connected white males lacking academic credentials themselves is not qualified to make decisions about tenure. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Not All UNC students get the same funding
Per student funding varies from $7,760 to $31,969. The funding is based on needs and the amount of money each school can collect via tuition. Read More
Message laundering: How the far right is getting its dirty work done at UNC
Nicole Hannah-Jones is getting shabby treatment from UNC. Every other Knight Chair has automatically received tenure. Read More
Burr and Tillis call on Cooper to end federal unemployment benefits
Nearly half the states have already ended the benefit. Our Senators say it is time for North Carolina to join them. Read More
Poll finds cracks in Trump's base
A new poll challenges the notion that the Republican Party is Trump's party. Read More
Nikole Hannah-Jones wasn’t canceled
The fact that she will not be given immediate tenure is no outrage. It is a wise precaution. Read More
State House advances new and cynical effort to whitewash North Carolina’s troubled history
A proposed law would require teachers to ignore the reality about life for Black North Carolinians and, because there’s no other way to say it, “lie.” Read More
State’s CON law forces 2 hospitals into ridiculous fight over beds & operating rooms
In a state known for its highly skilled workforce and world-class medical and research facilities, 23 categories of services are smothered by Certificate of Need rules. Read More
Still room to improve on regs
Economic growth isn’t driven primarily by existing companies getting a little more productive every year. It’s driven by innovators with new, sometimes disruptive, ideas. Let’s invite more of them to do their thing in North Carolina. Read More
The circus comes to town
Inviting Trump to speak at the NC GOP convention will invite continual questions to Republican elected officials and party insiders about the January 6 insurrection, the former president’s escalating paranoia over nonexistent election fraud … and his eagerness to throw overboard GOP types who are insufficiently loyal. Read More
