More in Gen Z joining workforce as hope of student-loan forgiveness fades

January’s numbers for labor force participation are in, and it’s looking like Gen Z has finally caught on — they’ll need to work to pay their own way. Unfortunately, in North Carolina, they’re already late to the game.  On Feb. 2, the Bureau of Labor Statistics published new data for January employment, revealing that unemployment...

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Six Republicans want to be auditor

The former state auditor of North Carolina, Beth Wood, never lost an election. She clinched the Democratic primary for the elected office in 2008, defeated a Republican incumbent that fall, and then won reelection in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Wood never lost an election — but she did lose her job, thanks to a series...

Closing the book on libraries?

It’s no secret that libraries — public, academic, special, and school — have taken a sharp left turn in recent years. As more and more young people have graduated with degrees in library science, the profession has taken on a far more radical, activist turn than ever before. This is hardly surprising, given that colleges...

Selective Solidarity: UNC Faculty Council supports minorities, except Jews

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Faculty Council has a history of issuing resolutions in support of a safe and inclusive campus and specific communities. Since 2013, it has passed at least eight such resolutions. These include, for example, resolutions in support of transgender individuals; people of color; Black individuals; and Asian, Asian-American,...

4 more years of winter