Normalizing political corruption
Republicans use doubt about elections to pass laws that restrict access to the ballot box. In North Carolina, they carefully targeted minority voters with efforts to make voting harder. Read More
NC Spin Articles
In North Carolina bad ideas have electoral consequences
Democrats should have learned that all the money in the world and lots of media coverage cannot make up for bad ideas that are not appealing to voters. Read More
Are there answers to our worrying questions?
Four questions being frequently asked could help answer some of North Carolina's economic questions. Read More
State Superintendent-elect Catherine Truitt: Where she stands on charters, the board and the NCAE
Part of the state's system of public education is broken and our children suffer. New Superintendent-elect Truitt wants to fix it. Read More
New NC and old NC collide - again
The conflict is as old as our early settlings. Don't expect it to end any time soon. Read More
Parity extends down the ballot
How could it happen that 61 of our 100 counties have county governments controlled by Republicans but 51 percent of our population lives in counties controlled by Democrats? Read More
Greek and Hebrew guides to our political differences
One group holds out science as the path to knowledge and guidance for governmental policy and action. A second says we must look to some higher authority to be the guide for public decisions about morality and public policy. Perhaps this helps explain today's differences. Read More
Closing Coverage Gaps to promote Successful Prison Re-entry for persons with Mental Illness
What is going to happen when prisoners are released to re-enter society but don't have health insurance? Read More
Reaching out...together
At first North Carolina's decision not to expand Medicaid was understandable, but as only one of 12 states that haven't expanded now is the time to do so. Read More
Time for Cooper to deal
For the governor to convert his win into achievements he needs to alter his approach to the job. Read More
