As one of the most hotly contested mid-term elections in North Carolina history comes to a close, it’s worth noting some of the lessons that we have already learned regardless of who wins and who... Read More
The North Carolina Democratic Party appears to be using a "voter shaming" tactic to spur turnout in this year's election. Voters in at least four counties – Wake, Durham, Orange and New Hanover... Read More
by Jon Sanders, The John Locke Foundation, October 28, 2014. The staggering finding by Kenneth L. Wainstein’s investigation into UNC-Chapel Hill’s “shadow curriculum” for athletes... Read More
While biting ads flood TV screens in North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race, a quieter but no less inflammatory campaign is targeting one segment of voters – African-Americans. Radio ads invoking the... Read More
Why is Roy Williams still head coach of the UNC men’s basketball team? Why hasn’t he resigned or been fired? If the Wainstein report has supposedly fast-tracked a new era of transparency and... Read More
In May 1961, University of North Carolina President Bill Friday received a telephone call from the Wake County prosecutor with a sobering message. “I need to talk to you. I have got to tell you a... Read More
As the 2014 election cycle draws to a close, few states have drawn so much national attention as North Carolina, thanks to the tight Hagan-Tillis race, the dramatic turn in state government from blue... Read More
The HPU Poll finds that in North Carolina’s pivotal senate race, Sen. Kay Hagan and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis are tied at 44 percent each when North Carolina likely voters were asked who they... Read More
As bleak as Governor McCrory’s job approval numbers were in the WRAL poll, that wasn’t the worst news. Consider how Republicans, Democrats and Independents feel about the General Assembly... Read More
An African-American minister proclaimed that a gay person should not be a judge. He also joined Rep. Skip Stam-and apparently 27 other House Republicans-in proclaiming that magistrates, who are... Read More
