The port of Wilmington has fallen behind its regional peers, a deficiency that has had a quiet but consequential impact on the state and its economy. Does it matter?
July 2021
Posted inBusiness
The Unstable Permanence of Mobile Homes
Two recent showdowns with investment firms in Chapel Hill outline the trap for mobile home residents: a home you own sits on land that outside investors are eager to buy and profit from.
Posted inPolitics
Mark Robinson’s Super-Secret Indoctrination Task Force
The lieutenant governor made waves when he announced a new effort to investigate indoctrination in the state’s schools. Multiple experts say his secretive approach breaks state law.
Posted inPolitics
Medical Marijuana’s Conservative Champion
Powerful Senate Rules Committee Chair Bill Rabon made it his mission to legalize medical marijuana after a grueling fight with cancer. A decade after his election, he’s finally poised to make good on that promise.
Posted inPlace
The Lost Colony Murder on the Outer Banks
In the summer of 1967, the slaying of Brenda Joyce Holland, a college student working behind the scenes for The Lost Colony outdoor drama in Manteo, became one of North Carolina’s most high-profile murder cases of that era. The mystery behind her death endures.
Posted inHigher Education
The Struggle for Power at UNC
Nikole Hannah-Jones declined UNC-Chapel Hill’s offer of tenure, the result of a costly and drawn-out governance debate. At Carolina, the backlash is just beginning.