What's best for us
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 16, 2017. Republican legislators in charge of court-ordered redistricting told us two things last week: They’ll do what’s best for themselves first and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Safety, not politics
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 17, 2017. Republicans in the N.C. Senate say they’re not satisfied with Gov. Roy Cooper’s explanations of how his administration has handled revelations... Read More
Is white shame fueling white rage?
People in Durham are talking about the tumbling of the statue honoring Confederate soldiers. Wendy Jacobs, chair of the board of county commissioners, told me she received more than 1,700 calls on the... Read More
Let NC cities decide fate of monuments
Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 17, 2017. City governments and other institutions are dealing with the repercussions of the horrific Charlottesville white supremacist rally in different ways... Read More
Historical context
My great-grandfather, George Stephens, lived a remarkable life. He was born in 1873 near Summerfield in Guilford County into a family of excommunicated Quakers. His father died when he was very young... Read More
Take 'em down
Now that even the morally obtuse Trump has been forced to say white racist terrorism is wrong, we move on to a knottier issue: Should Confederate statues and memorials stay, or should they go? Here... Read More
NC sees record visitor spending
So how bad did HB-2 hurt North Carolina? As many of you will remember during the contentious debate over HB2, opponents predicted the legislation would prove an economic disaster for the state. One... Read More
Legislature's support needs to move from hyperbole to reality
To say that the new two-year budget approved by state lawmakers represents “the best budget in a decade” for North Carolina’s public four-year universities (as UNC president Margaret Spellings... Read More
Time for bed, GOP
The wrangling between federal judges and GOP legislators brings to mind an episode from early childhood. I was probably six, and I’d misbehaved, so my punishment was an early dinner, early bath and... Read More
Support for NC Charters remains strong despite disappointing national poll
Some of the best polling on national education issues is done by the journal Education Next. Results from the annual Education Next Poll on School Reform were released earlier this week. Some... Read More
