Opinion
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Opinion: Trump isn’t just betraying the Constitution, he’s betraying the Declaration of Independence.
Why Trump’s betrayal of American values goes deeper than just the Constitution, straight to the Declaration of Independence.
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Opinion: The unintended consequences of work requirements for Medicaid are dangerous
Rachel Phipps, a Concord resident and healthcare advocate who has with Lupus and Multiple Sclerosis, relies on Medicaid. The Medicaid work requirements proposed in the new federal budget bill do not reflect the realities facing North Carolinians with difficult-to-manage health conditions, she writes.
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Opinion: Trump’s inflammatory Fort Bragg speech brought shame to the Army
If Americans see the military as a political arm of the Republican Party, the country will be in a dark place. I grew up at Fort Bragg, learned so many lessons there, and have so many happy memories. After I die, I want my ashes to be spread across Normandy Drop Zone. It is hallowed…
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Opinion: It’s hard enough to afford college. Now Republicans want to make it impossible.
A new bill would limit financial aid, make it more difficult to get, and close off poor, rural areas from a better future, a data science student at North Carolina A&T State University writes.
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A third of parents are putting career plans on hold due to the cost of childcare—even here in North Carolina
We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
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Opinion: Some NC lawmakers want to let school districts hire unlicensed teachers. That’s a bad idea.
A veteran North Carolina teacher on why a new proposal in the North Carolina General Assembly would be disastrous for our public schools.
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Opinion: Why now is the time for North Carolina Democrats to break the silence
Greensboro pastor C.J. Brinson says Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s infamous— but ultimately correct—anti-Vietnam speech should encourage North Carolina Democrats like Gov. Josh Stein to have more courage.
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Opinion: My NC son has cerebral palsy. He’s waited 15 years for care from an underfunded Medicaid program.
Today, nearly 19,000 North Carolinians are on the waitlist for the Innovations Waiver, a Medicaid program in NC that helps fund care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The average wait time is 12 to 15 years.
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OPINION: NC-13’s veterans deserve answers from Congressman Brad Knott
Scott Peoples, a North Carolina Army veteran and veteran rights advocate, has tried to contact his congressman to express his concerns about the mass firings by the Trump Administration and their effects on the VA. He has not gotten an answer.
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OPINION: A letter to North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle federal education programs, the North Carolina parent of a child with a disability urges Sen. Thom Tillis to step up.
