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The Coronavirus will change the world, the nation and North Carolina forever. When you consider what we have learned and what we have given up, how… Read More
The Coronavirus will change the world, the nation and North Carolina forever. When you consider what we have learned and what we have given up, how… Read More
There’s a lot of speculation around the state regarding how long the impact of the coronavirus pandemic will last in North Carolina. Weeks? Months? The betting… Read More
It sometimes seems that when politicians of different political persuasions talk about the economy, and many other issues, they are like the old parable of the… Read More
In 1997, the North Carolina Supreme Court ruled in the Leandro v. State case that the state educational apparatus systematically violated the constitutional rights of North Carolina children by… Read More
There’s all kind of new out there. New state Senate and House districts for some;New U.S. congressional districts;New voting machines;New voter ID requirements;A new, and considerably… Read More
Author, Betty Joyce Nash, writes journalism and fiction from Charlottesville. In 2017, the University of New Mexico Press published Lock & Load: Armed Fiction. Read More
As the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in mid-November about whether President Trump can end the policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the court’s five… Read More
North Carolina State Superintendent Mark Johnson was elected in 2016, defeating incumbent June Atkinson by 53,860 votes, or 1.2 percent. Johnson attended public schools, specifically the Louisiana… Read More
Take a bill from your wallet or purse. If it’s a $1, you can probably buy a convenience store coffee. A $5 might get you lunch,… Read More
Christopher Cooper is professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs at Western Carolina University It is no secret that women are… Read More