NC Spin Articles

Legislators face long, arduous summer

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 11, 2015. State lawmakers will return Monday to Raleigh from a weeklong holiday break to find a lot of unfinished business waiting for them. The first order of...    Read More

July 12, 2015

Amending Constitutions

As someone who views constitutional government as a basic institution of freedom, and constitutions as wielding near-divine authority, I retain what to some might be a surprising or even cavalier...    Read More

by John Hood   |   July 12, 2015

Silenced NC voters

This week, a federal judge in Winston-Salem will begin considering whether the following voters should have their voices heard in elections: Mary, a 50-year-old, African-American Democrat, moved from...    Read More

July 12, 2015


Biotech's a smart bet

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 11, 2015. Spider-Man lives. One of the more intriguing offspring of North Carolina’s biotech industry is a bulletproof vest woven from spider’s silk that...    Read More

July 11, 2015

Trump up

How is this possible? How can this poll be right? How can Donald Trump be leading the Republican presidential race in North Carolina with 16 percent of the vote? Why isn’t his lead much bigger...    Read More

July 11, 2015



Not better off

If you want to know how that “Carolina Comeback” is affecting North Carolina families, look no further than median income. The North Carolina Democratic Party yesterday sent out a press release...    Read More

July 11, 2015


Misplaced priorities for black Americans

Let’s list major problems affecting black Americans. Topping the list is the breakdown in the black family, where only a third of black children are raised in two-parent households. Actually, the...    Read More

July 10, 2015


Voting rights trial opens Monday

Trial is set to get underway on Monday in the cases challenging North Carolina’s election laws, nearly two years since state legislators passed and the governor signed what many have called the most...    Read More

July 10, 2015