Spread the wealth
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 12, 2017. Erica Smith-Ingram grew up on a farm in eastern North Carolina, attended the N.C. School of Science and Math in Durham and earned an engineering... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Feds add insult to Hurricane Matthew injury
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, May 10, 2017. Washington sent a message to Gov. Roy Cooper the other day: So you drowned. Not our problem. Dry yourself out. You’re on your own. If this is the... Read More
Human trafficking is a scourge we must stop
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, May 8, 2017. A recent case of child prostitution has forced us to take a look at the larger picture of human trafficking in the state and respond accordingly. A... Read More
Legislature's curious anti-union project crops up
The last major effort to repeal North Carolina's anti-union right-to-work law occurred in 1949, so you can see the urgency of the legislature in moving this year to enshrine the law in the state... Read More
Burr's moment at hand?
Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, May 10, 2017. Will Richard Burr, our state’s low-key senior senator, emerge as a heroic figure as questions swirl around an embattled president? Pundits and editorial... Read More
The Senate budget and the two Carolinas
When we hear the term “the two Carolinas” we generally think of North Carolina and South Carolina. But there are two more Carolinas—the one where I live today and the one where I grew up. Those... Read More
Senator Burr is putting country before party
We need to thank Senator Richard Burr. Yesterday, he showed that he’ll put country before party. While other GOP Senators were making excuses for Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey, Burr... Read More
Katie-bar-the-door
He leaned forward pouring over page after page of numbers, searching for a lodestar, then stopped: ‘Republicans are dropping. Democrats are dropping. Independents are going up. There’ll be more... Read More
Transparency in health care prices would lower costs
Editorial by Wilson Daily Times, May 5, 2017. What if scheduling surgery was like a trip to the auto mechanic — before the first turn of the wrench, or in this case, the slice of a scalpel... Read More
Surplus money should go to education and the future
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, May 9, 2017. It’s budget season in North Carolina. Governments at every level, from the General Assembly to town councils in tiny rural towns, are trying to... Read More
