Pockets of poverty
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 4, 2014. North Carolina’s metro mayors heard a sobering report when they met in Charlotte last week. Poverty is a bigger problem for them than it is for... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Same whine, different squabbles
What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again,” wrote the author of the Book of Ecclesiastes. “There is nothing new under the sun.” More than two millennia later, Karl Marx... Read More
Seeking new direction, NC Democratic Party in turmoil again
Out of power and embroiled in turmoil once again, the state Democratic Party is seeking to fill a leadership void this weekend as it struggles to remain influential in a key election year. The party... Read More
How are North Carolina students? About average
Fair warning: I may be about to bore you to distraction.Is there any more potent political issue in North Carolina than education? Probably not. As allies of the teachers union, Democrats hope to ride... Read More
UNC funding request
Back in 2000 or 2001, a state legislator named Art Pope was waiving around a list in a House committee meeting, demanding that the Democrats in charge take note. The list contained expenses paid by... Read More
The next crisis
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 9, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory is coming around on coal ash ponds. Unfortunately, it took a major spill into the Dan River to demonstrate the problem and prompt... Read More
Higher education is reinforcing not reducing inequality
Is higher education actually making inequality worse? When the GI Bill of Rights of 1944 made colleges accessible to veterans regardless of socioeconomic background, Robert Maynard Hutchins, the... Read More
Nearing enrollment's end, lots of North Carolinians still uninsured
With two weeks left to enroll in health insurance for 2014 through the Affordable Care Act, tens of thousands of uninsured residents in North Carolina could face penalties if they don’t meet the... Read More
Remote medicine tests doctor licensing rules
Demand for doctors – whether in person or via a computer screen – is expected to surge as millions more Americans become insured under the Affordable Care Act. About 10 million people already rely... Read More
Dark money comes to light
Call it a ray of light, albeit a seemingly accidental one, into the world of dark money and policy making. It was the spring of 2013, and lawmakers were busy drafting more than 1,700 bills, including... Read More
