The agenda for last week's State Board of Elections meeting sounded like something out of a novel or HBO series or third world country. Could vote-buying really be happening in North Carolina? And by... Read More
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 15, 2014. The minimum wage was designed to be the entry point for young American workers. Take your first job at a low rate of pay, work hard and make your... Read More
by Kay Hagan, NC Senator, published in Greensboro News-Record, December 15, 2014. With the year quickly drawing to a close, we are all looking forward to what comes next — holiday plans with friends... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 12, 2014. It looks like the state legislature might meddle with another local governing body. State Sen. Trudy Wade, R-Guilford, is considering a bill... Read More
The U.S. economy continues to recover from the depths of the Great Recession, and North Carolina continues to recover at a faster rate than the national average. But few would describe the general... Read More
I would like to share a Christmas miracle. One hundred years ago during World War I, German and British soldiers were entrenched in bitter combat during a freezing winter. As the weather waxed worse... Read More
Editor's note: Steven Long no longer serves on the Civitas Institute Board. With threats of possible cuts looming, several academic centers faced scrutiny Thursday from a group of the UNC Board of... Read More
It has been 14 years since North Carolina’s age of political giants – when Republican Sen. Jesse Helms and Democratic Gov. Jim Hunt dominated the landscape. In this century, neither party has been... Read More
The 2014 US election wave which saw significant GOP election gains caught most off guard, including the victorious Republicans, many of whom aren’t “attuned to the Heartbeats of America.” It... Read More
Editor's note: This is the first in an occasional series of commentaries exploring what it means to be an Elder in our era and in our community. A new idea is rising to expression in our community... Read More
