Opinion
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Good News Friday: Attorney General Jeff Jackson won a lot this week. So did NC.
Why Jeff Jackson’s wins against Facebook and Trump’s mail-in voting rule are a win for everyone.
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Opinion: The partisan corruption of North Carolina’s early voting plans
North Carolina’s election leaders crafted early voting plans meant to help certain Republican voters, not all NC voters.
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Opinion: Chemours donations raise questions about Senate candidate Michael Whatley
Despite all the harm they’ve done to our communities with their toxic forever chemicals, Michael Whatley took thousands of dollars from the Chemours Company PAC — unlike Roy Cooper, who hasn’t taken a dime from them.
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Good News Friday: The NC hemp ban isn’t dead, but it’s delayed
For now, NC lawmakers are tabling a controversial hemp ban. Plus, a North Carolina sports great gets his dues.
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Opinion: The grotesque indifference of Senate candidate Michael Whatley’s latest attack
Most North Carolinians are struggling right now. But Michael Whatley, the Republican candidate for Senate, is spending his time cyberstalking a trans teacher.
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Opinion: North Carolina can help lead the fight for real abortion access
In the South, where abortion access remains especially vulnerable, grassroots organizing may be the key to securing reproductive freedom for the future.
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Opinion: I went to an ICE detention center. There, I saw the real ‘immigration crisis’
Traveling to the federal detention center in Stewart County, Georgia, Iliana Santillán attended the hearing of a friend and emerged with a greater understanding of those detained by ICE.
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Opinion: How the NC Supreme Court’s Duke Energy ruling may enrich the chief justice
Why conflict of interest rules for the judiciary should have prevented N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby from ruling on Duke Energy’s rate hike.
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Opinion: Why no one will make North Carolina’s Latino community invisible
As the Trump administration targets people under the guise of immigration enforcement, many Latinos in N.C. are celebrating our communities and culture — despite the fear.
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Opinion: A letter to the 10-year-old dismissed by Rep. Virginia Foxx
A Greensboro 4th grader wrote to his member of Congress, U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx. She responded by saying he must have been “indoctrinated.” Jacob Brooks, who lives in the district, has a few words for the boy — and for Rep. Foxx.
