Mapping the Left
In North Carolina, left-wing nonprofit advocacy groups for decades have wielded an alarming amount of power in the media, state politics, and government. They work together, both in loose coalitions... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Third parent dictates for today's kids
Millennials, those born between 1980 and 2000, have been described as entitled and narcissistic. It seems we, Generation X parents, have failed miserably in raising mature, conscientious adults with... Read More
Lawsuit by former UNC Chapel Hill students seeks educational reforms
A class-action lawsuit filed Thursday by former student-athletes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seeks reforms to ensure other student-athletes get a proper education. The 100-page... Read More
Appeals court judges ask probing questions about teacher tenure benefit
N.C. Appeals Court judges had an array of questions on Thursday for attorneys fighting for and against North Carolina’s teacher-tenure system. But after an hourlong hearing, with many skeptical... Read More
Just a matter of time
Awhile back Ted Cruz got some unusual praise from two odd places. “I think he’s the most talented and fearless Republican politician I’ve seen in the last 30 years,” James Carville said in... Read More
The comeback kid
President Obama's speech last night showed he has a knack for coming back after a setback - and a knack for the comeback quip. Three things about the night: (1) How Obama framed the debate (2) the... Read More
The conspiracy to deny the conspiracy about firing Tom Ross
It has been four days since the UNC Board of Governors dealt the university system a stunning blow by abruptly firing UNC President Tom Ross Friday morning and there’s still been no reason given for... Read More
Step up, North Carolina and do what's right
Loopholes in a law passed last year are still preventing victims of North Carolina’s forced sterilization program from receiving the compensation that they deserve. My colleague, Jon Sanders... Read More
NC SPIN panelists support modifying state A through F grading system
If a special taping of NC SPIN is any indication, there could be broad support for revising how the state’s new A through F school performance grades are calculated for every public school... Read More
The struggle to have government serve all, not just the wealthy
by William Barber and Bob Hall, published in News and Observer, January 21, 2015. The nation’s first Republican president explained what democracy ought to be: a government of the people, by the... Read More
