Opinion
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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.
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From carpools to city hall: Moms are the backbone of change in our communities
The busiest people in the room are moms, and they’re changing the world.
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Opinion: The Voting Rights Act is dead. Here’s what needs to happen now
The US Supreme Court dismantled a core pillar of the Voting Rights Act protecting Black voters across the country. We will all feel it.
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Opinion: Why Fayetteville passed on a data center moratorium
A Fayetteville city lawyer told the City Council that a data center moratorium would be the only way to stop a controversial new data center.
