NC Spin Articles


Credit where credit is due

When the election fraud scandal in in the 9thCongressional race broke, the Republican Party initially said we need a full investigation but that presumed winner Mark Harris should be seated in...    Read More

December 13, 2018



Help wanted - female

The real mystery after half a century,” Wyndham Robertson says, “is why life at the top of large American corporations still seems so overwhelmingly male.” Writing in The New York Times on...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   December 13, 2018

What can the NFL teach us about business?

by Mike Walden, NCSU Professor of Economics, December 7, 2018 Many consider the National Football League (NFL) to be the most successful professional sports organization in the world. To many, having...    Read More

December 13, 2018

Take time to broaden the mind

In the January 1953 edition of the magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction, a fan of the genre from Texas, Marilyn Venable, made her debut as an author. “Time Enough at Last,” Venable’s story of...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 13, 2018


Officials express shock NC lost Apple to Texas

Apple says it will build a new corporate campus in Austin, Texas, and add employees at “new sites” in several other cities. However, no mention was made of adding jobs in North Carolina. The...    Read More

December 13, 2018

It's not about urban versus rural

How should we respond to the urban-rural divide? The question has legions of politicians, scholars, journalists, and businesses scrambling for answers. I respect their efforts. But I feel compelled to...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 6, 2018

Next step for voter ID: the governor's office

A voter ID bill is on its way to Gov. Roy Cooper’s office after the Senate voted today to pass an updated House version. Senate Democrats urged lawmakers ahead of the concurrence vote to pause voter...    Read More

December 6, 2018


In high school, the easy 'A' is even easier

Call it high-grade high school. When it comes to letter-grade earning power, high-schoolers are rich indeed. Grade inflation is real and it’s inequitable, padding the GPAs of wealthier students...    Read More

December 6, 2018