A talebearing press
The very concept of a free press was first introduced to the world in the Scriptures. J. Lee Grady in Journalism and the Gospel contends that when Nathan, the prophet, stood before King David... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Discrimination as a campaign tool
House Bill 2 wasn’t the only bill dealing with protections for the LGBT community to come up this week. In states across the South, legislatures were passing bills that would allow businesses and... Read More
Protests at Shapiro speech highlight campus tensions
Despite efforts that UNC-Chapel Hill College Republicans say they’ve made to hold respectful discussions with left-wing protesters on campus, there’s little indication that discourse is likely to... Read More
CEOs, governments speak against North Carolina law
Company CEOs and municipal officials are joining other government and business leaders opposing North Carolina's new law that prevents specific anti-discrimination rules for LGBT people for public... Read More
North Carolina unveils innovative approach to remediation
The North Carolina Community College System is poised to become a national leader in career and college readiness. At a time when there is a spotlight on both high schools and community colleges to do... Read More
Supreme court stalemate is vexing
Editorial by Burlington Times-News, March 31, 2016 This was bound to happen. Tuesday, the eight surviving justices of the U.S. Supreme Court supercharged an already white-hot issue in the... Read More
A carefully orchestrated mix of fear, fundamentalist ideology, political expediency
Fifty years from now when historians look back at this era in North Carolina, the current controversy over the sweeping anti-LGBT legislation signed by Gov. Pat McCrory will be seen as a watershed... Read More
Is HB2 storm a backlash or passing shower?
This week, a half-dozen officials from state and national equality groups stopped by to talk with the Observer’s editorial board about North Carolina’s new discrimination law. They were defiant... Read More
Opportunities Lost
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 1, 2016. As governor and attorney general, Pat McCrory and Roy Cooper should work together. Instead, they’re adversaries in a legal, political and cultural... Read More
Cooper's refusal to defend state brings intense scrutiny
by Donna King, Jones and Blount, March 30, 2016. The heat is on N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper as leadership from both chambers of the N.C. General Assembly call for his resignation. This after... Read More
