Legalizing discrimination
This was a remarkable week indeed at the General Assembly. It is now clear that legislation supported by Senate leaders would allow public employees to refuse to provide state services based on race... Read More
NC Spin Articles
More than an opt-out, it's a constitutional cop out
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, March 1, 2015. In this stormy North Carolina winter, you'd think lawmakers would know a slippery slope when they see one. But they don't. And they may be headed for... Read More
The world according to Rucho
Phil Berger, the Eden Republican and state Senate president pro tem, is the state’s most powerful lawmaker and likely its most powerful politician. But if you want to talk to the state’s super... Read More
Admission officials pressured to admit athletes into graduate programs
Michael Waddell had a low grade point average, no entrance exam score and was months past the deadline when an athletic official sought to have the football player admitted to UNC’s graduate school... Read More
GOP divided over Primary date
Next year it will have been 40 years since North Carolina Republicans made history by saving the political career of California Gov. Ronald Reagan. Reagan’s upset over President Gerald Ford – the... Read More
Friday follies
McCrory snubbed again by legislative leaders An interesting moment in the political world in Raleigh came in between this week’s two bouts of winter weather. The Republican leaders of the General... Read More
Inconsistent tax policy
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, February 28, 2015. Tax breaks for movie productions and historic property renovations are out. Tax breaks for more data centers are in. The North Carolina... Read More
Gene Nichol: Work of the Poverty Center will go on
by Gene Nichol, Director UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, published in News and Observer, February 27, 2015. I have no words to match the gratitude I feel for the astonishing support the... Read More
UNC BOG chair explains decision to close centers
The University of North Carolina Board of Governors is committed to ensuring North Carolina has the best public university system in America. North Carolinians have good reason to be proud. UNC... Read More
UNC governors vote to close 3 university-based centers
As nearby protesters chanted slogans about freedom and democracy, the UNC Board of Governors voted Friday to close three university-based centers as part of a sweeping review of institutes across... Read More
