Chapel Hill's protest problem
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, November 29, 2015. From an editorial Tuesday in the Raleigh News & Observer: A town hall meeting at UNC-Chapel Hill to discuss racial issues on campus was disrupted... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Children wait for rare open spots in preschool programs
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, November 29, 2015. We miss Jim Hunt’s days as governor. Hunt, who’s still speaking out for education, did a lot to help underprivileged children by establishing... Read More
State NAACP files for preliminary injunction of photo ID law
The N.C. NAACP filed court papers Tuesday officially asking a federal judge to stop the state’s photo ID law from taking effect during the March 2016 primaries. A federal trial is scheduled for the... Read More
Busy election year starts Tuesday
North Carolina kicks off a busy new election season Tuesday and, at least in the presidential race, forecasters expect it to favor Republicans. With earlier-than-ever primaries, filing for office... Read More
Read income data carefully
Over the past 12 months, North Carolina has experienced faster income growth than the rest of the country, regardless of whether that growth is measured as average income per person or median income... Read More
A new low in bullying
The Right’s shameless attacks on transgender people It’s not hard to tell that election season is around the corner in North Carolina. Once again, conservative politicians and their allies are... Read More
N.C. Democrats should 'win the vote' in 2016
Democrats looking toward a spirited 2016 presidential campaign should feel upbeat about statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor, Council of State and perhaps the U.S. Senate. But the real... Read More
UNC-CH students demands shows lack of real world understanding
Last week a number of UNC-Chapel Hill students stormed a town hall meeting with a list of 50 demands, ranging from demands for racially motivated hiring practices to the abolition of the law... Read More
Those pesky primaries
You wouldn’t know it from the headlines, but technically the nominees for governor haven’t been decided yet. In fact, no one has even filed. But there’s a good chance McCrory and especially... Read More
