North Carolina, known for its past leadership in education, will have to work hard to regain its edge and build a teaching profession that’s prepared for the challenges of a competitive economic... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 12, 2014. This is the first sentence of N.C. DENR’s mission statement: “It is recognized that the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources... Read More
Barack Obama was right about health insurance mandates. Back in 2008, I mean, when he was competing with Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination. The two senators disagreed about... Read More
A long time long ago in the far away Kingdom of Columbialand two tribes battled over control of Congress for years then one of the tribes (the Republicans) split into two smaller tribes: The... Read More
A day after ousting the executive director, the chairman of the N.C. Democratic Party appears poised to nominate former civil rights and Nation of Islam leader Benjamin Chavis to the post, a... Read More
There is no material poverty in the United States. Here are a few facts about people whom the Census Bureau labels as poor. Dr. Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, in their study “Understanding... Read More
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 11, 2014. N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory was right when he said on Monday that “$30,800 is not enough to raise a family or pay off student debt.” But he and the... Read More
by Mark Binker, WRAL, February 10, 2014. A senior state House member took marchers who protested at the State Capitol to task over the weekend for their "hypocritical" stance on voter ID. Many of... Read More
After weeks of talk, the announcement that Republican leaders had come up with a plan to raise teacher pay in North Carolina was not unexpected. The basics, that its primary focus would be on new... Read More
enior North Carolina Democratic Party officials say they were not consulted on the decision to dismiss their executive director or the apparent decision to hire former national NAACP executive... Read More
