Five words in the state constitution are at the core of a disagreement among judges about gerrymandering in North Carolina. Now the state Supreme Court, in a case with national implications, will decide if districts that might distort the will of the people can be considered free.
January 2022
Posted inMedia
Local News in Chatham County
In the state’s journalism circles, there are a handful of publishers and outlets that really stand out as innovative. The Chatham News + Record, serving the small but growing Chatham County community just west of the Triangle, is one of them. So when CN+R’s editor Bill Horner III tweeted about a special section in this […]
Posted inBusiness
How the Fall of NC Mutual Hurt Black America
The last remaining Black insurance firm in the U.S., which is based in downtown Durham, will disappear this year. Its demise reflects the decline of an era of Black capitalism that supported African-American upward mobility.
Posted inHigher Education
A Higher Ed Subsidy from the Right
The state’s signature college affordability program is credited with saving one institution and growing two others. Is it a model or a fluke?
Posted inPolitics
January 6th and North Carolina
A Q&A with Raw Story’s Jordan Green on North Carolina’s ties to the attack on the Capitol one year ago.
Posted inCriminal Justice
Good Cop, Bad Cop
While state legislators in North Carolina were able to find common ground and approve police reform bills, members of the U.S. Congress couldn’t get beyond their differences. The contrast shows what can be good—and bad—about politics in our divided era.