A leading critic of President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order limiting refugee resettlements into the United States says not only is the annual ceiling of 50,000 refugees too low, but also that the government should not set it. If the inflow of refugees were regulated by family members, individuals, organizations, and churches sponsoring refugees — the...
As he recited a saying from fugitive cop killer Assata Shakur, Bryan Proffitt’s voice steadily rose above the placard-carrying crowd Friday morning in downtown Durham. A diverse group of more than 100 heard Proffitt and a series of speakers spread a message of peace, love, common humanity — and strident opposition to the Trump administration’s...
Emotions are calming slowly in Craven County, where in February the Board of County Commissioners passed a nonbinding resolution not to accept refugees from Syria, Iraq, and other terror-plagued nations. The action splintered the community as concerns of public safety were met with heated allegations of bigotry, one New Bern resident says. “It was a...
RALEIGH — From Jan. 1, 2014, through October 31, North Carolina has accepted 59 Syrian refugees, and as many as 270 others are expected to be relocated throughout the state, according to Gov. Pat McCrory’s office. The governor's office updated the information Monday, three days after it responded to an open-records request from Carolina Journal seeking a tally on the number of refugees that have been relocated to North Carolina from the war-torn country.
New test results demonstrate that eighth-graders know little about history, geography, or civics.
The fawning Western press continues to paint a flattering picture of Castro's Cuba with no justification whatsoever.
RALEIGH — Poor people around the globe need more freedom, not more paternalism, as they strive to climb out of poverty. That’s the assessment of the New York University economist who delivered Monday night’s fifth annual John W. Pope Lecture at N.C. State University.
North Carolina now has about as many residents as does the country of Sweden. Notable countries with smaller populations include Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, and Israel.
While some focus on bringing electoral processes to Iraq, the greatest democratic gift to the country would be American capitalism.
The destruction of the Taliban government in Afghanistan and its replacement by a new regime that is at least not certifiably lunatic has led to discussions on the role that the United States should play in that country’s future. Some advocate a big “nation-building” program designed to create a model democracy. Fool’s Errands, however, counsels that “nation-building” has in the past been a costly failure that we should stay away from in Afghanistan and everywhere else.
We are at the beginning of a long, and possibly dangerous, campaign against Islamic extremism and fascism, says John Hood.
