New report: NC must do much more to combat poverty
Despite our good economy 1.4 million of our citizens struggle to make ends meet? That's 1 percent more than the national average. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Rob Schofield
Could this be the worst policy proposal of 2019?
The North Carolina lottery has been a seductive trap that has siphoned off millions in critical family income. To boost sagging revenues the proposed solution could make things significantly worse. Read More
Eight errors and omissions of the 2019 legislative session
The 2019 legislative session that began in January appears done for the year, so here's a look a things done and undone. Read More
Trump and his allies: Channeling the true spirit of the original American Thanksgiving?
Was that first Thanksgiving with New England Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians 398 years ago as warm and friendly as we learned in school or is there more to the story? Read More
The GOP's latest gerrymandering ought to be the last straw for NC
It would be easy to believe things had gone well with the drawing of new congressional districts, but Republicans pushed the envelope as far as they thought they could. Read More
GOP swings and misses with pipeline attacks on Cooper
Despite some awkward moves by the administration Republican conspiracy theories about the pipeline keep running into a dead end. Read More
Berger needs to reel in Trump-like talk from his staff
A "scumbag" and a "bottom feeder" is how a Berger staffer defined revelations that the Pro-Tem was illegally using campaign funds. Read More
A reminder of what the GOP budget would mean for North Carolina
We are still waiting to see if the Senate can muster enough votes to override Governor Cooper's budget veto. It didn't have to be this way. Read More
Now is no time for another giveaway to Duke Energy
Charlotte-based Duke Energy is the largest investor owned utility in the U.S. and no other private actor in the state plays a bigger role in the ongoing global environmental crisis that threatens life on the planet as we know it. Read More
To seem rather than to be
For all the glossy brochures and websites promising something different and better many parents are waking to discover they've been sold a bill of goods when it comes to charters and vouchers. Read More
