NC Spin Articles


UNC President: Campuses must abide by HB2

University of North Carolina President Margaret Spellings told chancellors of the 17-campus system this week that they need to abide by a new state law requiring people to use bathrooms that...    Read More

April 8, 2016

Playing the bathroom card. Again

Do you want Negroes using your toilet facilities?” Campaign flyer, Willis Smith for US Senate, 1950 Every time equal rights take a new step forward, opponents run for the bathroom. They’re doing...    Read More

April 7, 2016



Economic developers bite their tongues on HB2

As the big business objections to House Bill 2 roll in, you have to wonder what the state’s top economic developers think about the legislation sparking debate across the country. So far, they have...    Read More

April 7, 2016



Jeanne Allen: How to fix our worst schools

A North Carolina bill, sponsored by State Rep. Rob Bryan, a Charlotte Republican, is poised to bring an achievement district to the Tar Heel State, a pilot effort to address the problems plaguing long...    Read More

April 7, 2016

McCrory pitches teacher raises

Gov. Pat McCrory used the school library at his old high school Tuesday to pitch an education budget proposal he says would raise the average teacher salary to $50,000 per year in North Carolina. "The...    Read More

April 7, 2016

Get serious about budget gaps

If you are disappointed in the course of the 2016 campaigns so far, you are hardly alone. Large and increasing percentages of voters say they are dissatisfied with both the tone and the likely outcome...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 7, 2016