NC Spin Articles


The Friday follies

The tepid Carolina Comeback behind the GOP talking points Lt. Governor Dan Forest was in Morehead City recently speaking to the Republican Party faithful and bragging about the so called Carolina...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   January 23, 2016

Highlighting the urban-rural divide

For the past few years, a major theme of discussion — and contention — around the General Assembly has been the urban/rural divide. The economic and other disparities between urban and rural areas...    Read More

January 23, 2016


A state of Trump?

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 23, 2016. Donald Trump represents the coarsening of American politics, and it seems to be taking hold in North Carolina. Two polls released this week show...    Read More

January 23, 2016

Lessons we learn from the Flint disaster

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, January 20, 2016. When government leaders furrow their foreheads in puzzlement about why people don’t trust leaders these days they need look no further than what...    Read More

January 22, 2016

It's government dysfunction, stupid

It’s election year and pundits across the political spectrum are speculating about what will drive the electorate next November. In 2014 in North Carolina, the Kay Hagan campaign almost made the...    Read More

January 22, 2016


Cooper, Burr begin 2016 with leads

PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds Roy Cooper starting out with a slight lead over Pat McCrory in the race for Governor, 43/40. This continues a trend of the lead going back and forth between...    Read More

January 22, 2016


State must better protect its children

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 21, 2016. Roughly 10,000 children are in North Carolina’s child welfare system on any single day, and a new federal review finds the state should be...    Read More

January 22, 2016


Race relations gains?

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 20, 2016. Sometimes the numbers tell us one thing but our guts say something else. The scales tell us we’ve lost weight but our waistbands tell us no way...    Read More

January 22, 2016