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
NC Spin Articles
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
Economic reality in NC depends on where one lives and works
The Budget & Tax Center’s county-by-county economic snapshots provide a quick-reference resource for journalists, local officials, service providers and citizens in all 100 counties throughout the... Read More
New slogan for NC?
The way things are going, Pat McCrory will have to change North Carolina’s new branding slogan from “Nothing Compares” to “Nobody Comes to NC.” While the Governor and his media minions are... Read More
Elon law professor explains why NC's new statute is unconstitutional
In 1992, Colorado adopted a statewide solution to what it viewed as a local problem: Cities, towns and counties were amending their discrimination ordinances to protect homosexuals and other LGBT... Read More
Below-average state
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 31, 2016. North Carolina is a state where most of its parts are below average. A couple of recent reports dramatically illustrate our uneven circumstances... Read More
North Carolina bathroom law could be decided in Virginia
The fate of North Carolina's new law aimed at restricting restroom use by transgender people could be determined in Virginia, where a school board has ordered a teenager to stay out of the boys' room... Read More
