Thanks to gerrymandering, the policy stakes in this fall’s elections in NC are much bigger than they ought to be
The stakes in this fall’s legislative contests in North Carolina are enormous. Read More
NC SPIN Posts by Rob Schofield
Five important policy reminders from a stormy week
While life continued as normal for most North Carolinians, it would be a mistake not to reflect on some of the powerful reminders the storm delivered. Read More
The latest lame excuse for holding up Medicaid expansion
The Certificate of Need issue is about powerful interests battling over profits. Read More
Covid statistics confirm thousands of North Carolinians are alive today because of the Cooper Administration's public health policies
The Cooper administration deserves enormous credit for having resisted the braying and name-calling by so many voices on the right. Read More
Legislative hearing should ask tough questions about the state's troubled hurricane response
The state has received almost $500 million in disaster relief money for Hurricanes Matthew and Florence, yet six years after the first hurricane thousands of people still haven't been able to return to their homes. Read More
The right’s laughable and offensive attacks on Biden’s student loan debt relief program
The central lesson of the national student loan debt mess lies not in a discussion of the cleanup, but in an honest assessment of the root causes. Read More
Successful public schools: More than just providers of a sound basic education
It seems almost unfathomable that the Supreme Court would, after all these years, fail to seize the opportunity to enforce such a fundamental constitutional right. Read More
State Supreme Court issues a limited, well-reasoned check on rogue legislatures
It’s hard to see how the court could have – as Republican defendants demanded – simply let things slide and not placed some kind of minimal check on legislative power. Read More
What is the deal with former Chief Justice Mark Martin?
The naming of Martin to be the founding Dean of the High Point University Law School is raising questions, questions so far that aren't being answered. Read More
North Carolina climate change deniers owe the world an apology
The urgency of climate change is a message that seems finally to be getting through in a lot of places that long denied it or tuned it out. Read More
