Toxic politics wins out on GenX response
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 24, 2017. We confess that we’ve been terribly naive. When we found out that an unregulated and possibly harmful chemical was being deliberately... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Take time with judicial tinkering
While legislative and congressional districts are redrawn every 10 years to match population changes — so everyone’s vote counts equally — North Carolina’s judicial districts haven’t been... Read More
New health care bill, same pernicious plot
The latest effort in Washington to repeal and not actually replace the Affordable Care Act has a different name, the Cassidy-Graham plan, but it should look familiar. It is essentially a proposal like... Read More
Quicken the pace on school reform
The annual testing data and report cards for North Carolina’s public schools are out. Here are the headlines. Achievement rose in some areas and declined in others, with most changes being fairly... Read More
Legislative leaders warn Cooper, commission on statue removal
Legislative leaders on Thursday fired shots across the bow of Gov. Roy Cooper and the state Historical Commission in the ongoing battle over Confederate monuments on public grounds in North Carolina... Read More
A public utility?
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 22, 2017. This week’s court ruling against a Greensboro church’s solar-power deal shouldn’t be the last word on the matter. Durham nonprofit NC... Read More
Let the judges draw the districts
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, September 19, 2017. The lawyers who argued that many of this state’s legislative districts were racially gerrymandered say the latest redistricting didn’t... Read More
Fairness in education
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 18, 2017. Good for a three-judge panel that has delayed a new state law that would shift power from the state school board to the state school... Read More
Profiteering off North Carolina public schools
As students walked into elementary classrooms on their first day of school, here’s what some found: many classrooms for art, music and special education are gone. At some schools teachers educate... Read More
Don't let a coin toss decide who will be your mayor
The decision to oust the incumbent mayor of North Carolina’s largest city came down to a margin of just 3,398 voters — 0.6 percent of the registered voters in Charlotte. Pathetic voter turnout in... Read More
