Those noticing more people — especially younger faces — filling the pews at church lately, aren't imagining things.
Outside of a few highly dense markets, transit’s primary function is to provide essential mobility for those who cannot drive or afford their own vehicles.
Control of the U.S. Congress is the grand prize in the upcoming midterm elections on Nov. 8. There seems to be little doubt that Republicans will take the U.S. House. The Senate is much more competitive, with Nate Silver at Politico recently calling control for the body a coin flip. Yet, it’s increasingly likely Republicans...
Over the past month, Americans have descended into a heated debate about “critical race theory,” and a bill aimed at banning it has made North Carolina the latest battleground. The controversy over the legislation, titled H.B. 234, has drawn some questionable allegations about what it would do. Would the bill really incite “a fear-based approach...
Editor’s note: The submissions are from concerned parents and teachers who highlighted student assignments on white privilege and systemic racism and pressured ‘Equity’ training for staff as examples of the promotion of the controversial ideology in public schools. Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson in March announced the launch of a task force to address growing concern...
One of the great legacies of North Carolina history and our nation was the explosion of the American civil rights movement. As a leader in that movement, Martin Luther King Jr. continually appealed to our strengths as a nation: The American founding, the rule of law, and the Christian tradition. Ultimately, his words — often...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez deserves a big “Thank you.” In calling for top marginal tax rates of 70 percent, the freshman U.S. representative from New York is attracting attention to often-neglected issues linked to federal tax policy. To be clear, this column is not endorsing Ocasio-Cortez’s proposal. A near doubling of the current top tax rate would...
Want to know why North Carolina continues to have one of the nation’s highest unemployment rates?
They may be faddish, but that doesn’t make Richard Florida's economic-development theories about the “creative class” valid or useful.
Work proceeds on a variety of taxpayer-subsidized arenas, venues, and convention centers across North Carolina. High hopes are likely to be dashed, again.
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