RALEIGH — A stint in juvenile detention is tough for kids who run afoul of the law, but it’s nothing compared to time spent in adult prison. Seventeen-year-old M.B., whose name is withheld because he’s a minor, would know. In North Carolina, kids older than 16 are prosecuted as adults. Some are even sent to...
RALEIGH — North Carolina’s foster kids are not all right. More than 12,000 children are wards of the state — up about 25 percent over the past five years, Sen. Tamara Barringer, R-Wake, told Carolina Journal. No one can explain the spike, and state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are working toward an answer. ...
A host of divisive issues confronts North Carolina, and easing political polarization is the goal of a new initiative at Duke University. “It’s kind of dangerous territory for a democracy to have this level of distrust” in one another, and in established political institutions, said Fritz Mayer, director of Duke’s newly created Center for Political...
