Partisan Gerrymandering now up to the States
On Thursday, June 27, 2019, the nation’s highest court declared that it was too delicate a flower to deal with partisan gerrymandering. The issue, the court… Read More
Happy Birthday Carolina Commentary
Carolina Commentary launched two years ago, the vision of former Asheville Citizen-Times Publisher Virgil Smith. This not-for-profit platform was inspired by Smith’s work as a… Read More
Punishment vs. Rehabilitation
America is the world leader for incarcerating its people. The Prison Policy Initiative estimated that in 2018, the United States had over 2.3 million people incarcerated… Read More
No to SB 790, Off-Reservation Casino
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has introduced legislation, SB 790, that would give North Carolina land to South Carolina’s Catawba Indian Nation for an off-reservation casino. At… Read More
New NAFTA Will Lock in High Drug Prices
Commentary written by Ann Young, Raleigh, North Carolina North Carolina is known as a cradle of innovation, and for good reason. We have top-notch research facilities,… Read More
Burr and GOP Next Steps: Protect Our Republic
The big takeaway from the long-anticipated release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller report might be that it contained very little in regard to breaking news. What… Read More
Economic Justice for All: How to Stop Undercounting N.C.’s Latino Children
North Carolina’s estimated $16 billion in federal funding is at stake in the 2020 census, which will take place just one year from now. Counting everyone,… Read More
Time to address neglected public schools for the long term
The good news is that there’s broad agreement in Raleigh that the needs of North Carolina’s public schools have been neglected for too long, and it’s… Read More
Even in Correcting the Story on School Grades, News Media still get it Wrong
By Jason Giersch, PhD Dr. Giersch is an assistant professor who teaches courses on American politics, research methods, state and local politics, and education policy. His… Read More
Demand redistricting reform
Rep. Chuck McGrady, a Henderson County Republican, along with other bipartisan sponsors, recently introduced a bill that would place on the ballot in March 2020 an… Read More