Turnstiles and trust: Fixing the safety gaps exposed in Charlotte
City leaders have long celebrated transit expansion and ridership growth, but they’ve been far less willing to confront the safety issues that undermine public trust. Read More
NC Spin Articles
No more tax cuts: Western North Carolinians deserve a budget that prioritizes people
Neither the federal nor state government has taken seriously the recovery needs of Western North Carolinians. Read More
Is anyone serious about getting our financial house in order? (Anyone at all?)
Both parties in DC like to play goes like this: (1) waste a lot of time on investigations and other political sideshow antics, and (2) at the very last minute, whip up hysteria about the need to extend the current rate of spending to avoid a government shutdown. Read More
What does the Fed rate cut mean?
The Fed use its powers to keep both the inflation rate and the employment rate low. Right now it is more worried about jobs than inflation. Read More
How NC Republicans ruined a bipartisan moment on crime
Republicans and Democrats could have worked together to pass a crime bill, but Republicans chose to make a political play instead. Read More
The lurking danger of NC budgeting as ‘performance’
As legislators become increasingly comfortable with reaching no deal, it’s not much of a leap to predict that competing House and Senate budget plans will become less and less serious. Read More
The September Carolina Forward Poll
A plurality of independent voters believe both parties have become more extreme and the sides are far apart when it comes to identifying root causes of problems. Read More
The past isn't dead
When you close your eyes to the past you pay a price. Read More
Resilience in NC public education and the case for a Jim Hunt renewal
We need to rekindle Hunt’s evangelical fervor for educational renewal. As it happens, we have another Hunt in office. Read More
To combat radicalism, teach the Founding
Our system of government is designed not to produce consensus but to manage disagreement, to channel it to productive rather than destructive ends. Read More
