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Why North Carolina’s Long-Awaited Leandro Schools Plan is a Constitutional Crisis in the Making
If a court-ordered plan to correct decades of educational inequality is the unstoppable force, then the NC General Assembly is the immovable object.
COVID Killed a Local Principal. So This NC School System Vowed Not to Be the First to Reopen.
Halifax County faced failing facilities, racial inequality, and a brutal pandemic to restart classroom learning.
Only 6% of Black Americans Have Been Vaccinated. Here’s How Biden Is Trying to Change That.
Medical experts say it will take a concerted effort to meet the challenges of rebuilding trust and ensuring vaccine access for communities of color.
This Will Not End Well for North Carolina Republicans
NC’s state Republican Party has to rebuke Donald Trump. Or go the way of the dinosaur following Burr’s censure.
Here’s the Mess Betsy DeVos Left for Incoming Education Secretary Miguel Cardona
Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos left the department’s funding for low-income schools, protections for students with disabilities, and rights for survivors under Title IX in shambles.
This One-Shot Vaccine Candidate May Speed Up NC’s COVID-19 Vaccinations
A third COVID-19 vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson could be approved by the FDA soon, and make it easier to vaccinate people in rural areas of NC.
Biden Administration Sending More Doses of Vaccine to NC
NC will see an uptick in its weekly allotments of the COVID vaccine, as the disease continues to spread at high levels in the state.
Here’s How Biden Aims to Have Most K-8 Schools Reopen Within His First 100 Days
A national strategy on reopening schools for in-person instruction and a call for more funding? Teachers and parents say yes, please.
Medical Providers Fume After State Officials Divert Thousands of Vaccine Shots
NC has had a slow start with the COVID vaccine. And a recent move to divert shots to more large-scale events might short rural areas.
400,000 Deaths and Rising: A Timeline of America’s Fight Against Coronavirus
Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the first coronavirus patient being documented in the United States.
‘We Have to Act’: Biden Announces $1.9 Trillion Relief Package
President-elect outlines how he wants to get the American economy back on track with direct aid to individuals and small businesses, funding for vaccinations, and a large investment in infrastructure.
A Meaningful Milestone: Teachers in at Least One NC County Get Vaccinated
Revised state guidelines moved NC teachers up in priority for the COVID-19 vaccine, with vaccinations already happening in at least one Eastern North Carolina school district.
2020 Was a Drag. But Here’s My (Incomplete) List of the Cardinal & Pine Stories That Soared.
Brave leaders, earth-moving candidates, a president in free fall, and a NC man who waited 44 years for justice. The best stories of 2020.
My Favorite Stories of 2020: NC In All Its Complicated Splendor
Politics and pandemics, it was a difficult and confounding year. Here’s a look inside my top stories of 2020 in NC.
Teacher Turnover in NC Dropped Slightly. But Don’t Pat Yourself on the Back GOP.
A NC educator says the modest drop in teacher turnover happened despite Republican lawmakers, not because of them.
Roy Cooper Is No Unicorn. Here’s How Other NC Democrats Can Win Like Him.
Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper outperformed most NC Democrats in the 2020 election. There is a lesson in this for the party.
The Coronavirus Vaccine Is Coming to North Carolina. Here’s What We Know.
Where will you get a coronavirus vaccine in NC? What’s it cost? Who gets first dibs? And is the pandemic over (nope)? We have the answers.
Somebody Voted for Roy Cooper and Donald Trump. Who Are These Voters?
Why the 2020 election shows NC is, strangely enough, getting more conservative and liberal at the same time.
Meet Biden’s Cabinet Picks: A Climate Champion, a Woman Who Faced a Man With a Machine Gun, and More
Biden’s initial cabinet choices indicate that he plans to surround himself with a group of diverse, experienced officials with whom he already has relationships.
With NC Setting Dangerous COVID Highs, Cooper Says Local Governments Must Act
NC officials tout new county alert system that pinpoints counties in need of local coronavirus restrictions.
What Ricky Hurtado’s Big Win in Alamance County Means for NC Latinos
A longtime NC advocate for Latino residents says the state is reckoning with a powerful new bloc of voters that could change party politics.
A Local NC School Superintendent Talks Surviving COVID, In-person Learning, and Funding Shortfalls
‘Folks are in survival mode right now,’ says NC local school Superintendent of reopening in-person classes during coronavirus.
Commentary: Healthcare Workers Need Biden in Charge
The Trump Administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has been a disaster, these two experienced NC nurses say.
Riding With Kamala Harris: Inside the Biden Campaign’s Closing Arguments in Eastern NC
Why eastern NC, the place where I’m from, plays host to Kamala Harris’ final points on income inequality, healthcare, and racial injustice.
‘Scranton Versus Park Avenue’: How Biden and Trump’s Economic Plans Match Up
Biden’s Pennsylvania upbringing and Amtrak-riding ways are light-years from Trump’s billionaire status. That has real implications for Americans’ wallets.
NC Facing Highest COVID-19 Numbers Yet
Coronavirus cases are surging in NC, alarming officials as colder weather sets in and people grow weary of restrictions.
As COVID Cases Surge, Some Hospitals Are on the Verge of Rationing Care and Rejecting Patients
The surges are so severe that in Idaho, one hospital reached 99% capacity last week, while medical centers in Kansas City, Missouri, were recently forced to reject ambulances because they lacked space for patients.
The War on Wellons: The Misleading Mailers in a Crucial NC State Senate Race
The race for state Senate District 11 between Allen Wellons and Lisa Barnes has turned nasty. But Wellons says the attacks on him from a PAC backing Barnes are misleading voters.
Election HQ: Cardinal & Pine’s Live Blog on NC’s 2020 Election
With a recount likely in the race for chief justice of the NC Supreme Court, Paul Newby holds a lead over Cheri Beasley.