NC House lowers math requirements
If HB 415 becomes law some students may find that even though they’ve met all high school graduation requirements, they have not met the minimum standard for college entrance. Read More
NC Spin Articles
Quite a day
Regardless of Donad Trump's claims it was quite a day. Read More
Donald of Arabia
Trump sees nothing wrong with accepting a $400 million jet. Republicans in congress see nothing wrong in taking healthcare coverage away from millions. Read More
Agriculture faces severe labor shortage
If farms and food producers paid higher wages they could reduce the labor shortage, however most of them already yet many already operate on small margins. Read More
The political right commits a major blunder in the battle to control the courts
If Democrats are to have any hope of seeing fair redistricting maps return to North Carolina they’ll have to end the current GOP dominance of the high court. Read More
Three-in-four NC voters say tariffs will increase prices.
53 percent say the economy is becoming worse. 75 percent say higher tariffs will result in their paying higher prices. Read More
Charter schools in North Carolina are rising to the challenge
Ten percent of the state's public school population attend one of the 208 public charter schools statewide. Read More
As a recession looms, GOP lawmakers need to prepare NC. They’re not.
Despite a decline in state revenues and the threat of a recession, the Senate budget continues to cut taxes and increase funding for vouchers. Read More
Trade deficits do not mean bad economic news
The last year America had a trade surplus was 1975. Should we worry about trade deficits? Read More
Note from a reader
Racism the original sin of America. We are giving racists a pass. Read More
