It’s long been understood by those who pay attention to public policy debates that the age-old conservative talking point about the supposed evils of “big government” was always just that – a... Read More
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
At some point, you would think the embarrassment factor would kick in for North Carolina Republican leaders. Someday. Maybe. But not yet. For years, of course, the GOP has pushed restrictive voter ID... Read More
In response to the toppling in August of the Confederate Monument at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chancellor Carol Folt and other UNC leaders have proposed a controversial solution... Read More
