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After the demise of USAID, America must reimagine...

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2025/07/30

The United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, was the largest provider of international humanitarian aid through Democratic and Republican administrations alike. USAID led the world in improving global health and eradicating diseases before they crossed U.S. borders; provided disaster relief to people facing extreme crisis, conflict, and poverty; and promoted education, economic development, […]

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North Carolina officials should work to enact and...

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2025/07/30

The rapid development of artificial intelligence has the potential to spur amazing advances in human society that are definitely worth pursuing. That said, AI also has the potential to do dreadful harm that we must guard against. As one of the nation’s tech leaders, OpenAI’s Sam Hartman, explained recently, for all of AI’s amazing […]

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Trump and Trumpism begin their inevitable decline

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2025/07/29

There’s a phenomenon in the world of politics and policy that is entirely predictable but still comes as a bit of a surprise to witness. It occurs when powerful politicians leave office and then later return to visit their old stomping grounds. As regulars at the North Carolina General Assembly can attest, unless the politician […]

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NC Democrats and Republicans agree: Release the...

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2025/07/29

Twenty years ago, investigative reporter Barry Levine started covering a wealthy socialite named Jeffrey Epstein. Five years ago, after he was convicted of sex crimes and died in jail, Levine published an acclaimed book on Epstein. And last week, as the controversy surrounding mountains of FBI data and evidence about Epstein slowly consumed the […]

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Legislature should sustain Stein veto of bill that...

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2025/07/28

Four out of five Americans—across political lines—agree that transparency in political spending is essential. Voters have a right to know who’s trying to influence our elections, our laws, and ultimately, our lives. Yet despite overwhelming public support for transparency, a growing number of states are pushing so-called “donor privacy” bills that do exactly the opposite. […]

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Energy bill promises short term savings, but risks...

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2025/07/28

On July 4th, Governor Josh Stein put North Carolina’s economic future first when he vetoed Senate Bill 266 “The Power Bill Reduction Act.” Despite the bill supporters’ enticing contention that the bill will lower your monthly electric bill, multiple independent analyses show that key provisions in the bill would actually put North Carolina’s electricity sector and […]

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Lawmakers should sustain Gov. Stein’s vetoes, enact a...

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2025/07/28

Like the rest of the nation, North Carolina faces some enormous policy challenges these days. Thanks to sustained disinvestments in an array of core public services, our state is fast becoming coarser, less healthy and more divided. Unfortunately, Republican legislative leaders seem unconcerned. Rather than working with Governor Josh Stein to tackle our numerous […]

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Industry front group backs NC bill that raises Duke...

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2025/07/26

As North Carolina lawmakers prepare to override Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of a controversial energy bill, constituents are receiving mailers from a dark money entity with ties to Duke Energy’s industrial and commercial customers. Citizens for NC Jobs registered with the state as a nonprofit in January and launched a Facebook page three days after lawmakers introduced […]

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Sixteen years without a minimum wage hike is way too...

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2025/07/25

Over the last 87 years – particularly during the 20th Century – few innovations in the American economy have done more to lift up average people than the minimum wage. As it was first conceived and applied, the federal minimum wage law assured that a person who worked full-time was paid enough to support […]

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The political right formally abandons deficit...

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2025/07/24

There was always something that didn’t quite add up when American conservatives complained about federal budget deficits. Despite their supposed commitment to fiscal discipline, no factor has played a larger role in soaring deficits than Republican tax cuts enacted under presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Donald Trump. Indeed, during the administration of […]

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State Auditor Dave Boliek is wrong to embrace extreme...

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2025/07/23

Earlier this year, after the state Supreme Court effectively okayed the egregious action of Republican legislators stripping the Governor’s power to appoint members to the State Board of Elections and handing it to the newly elected GOP state Auditor, Justice Anita Earls powerfully and eloquently dissented, saying, in part: “If the voters of North Carolina […]

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Researchers release yet another damning report on...

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2025/07/23

When state lawmakers first opened the door to school vouchers in North Carolina, they billed them as quote “opportunity scholarships,” and assured us that their only goal was to help low-income kids escape failing public schools. Today, more than a decade later, it’s clearer than ever that that explanation was simply part of a […]

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The great GOP tax shift continues to wreak havoc

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2025/07/22

The damage that Republican majorities in the North Carolina legislature have inflicted on the state’s core public structures and services over the last decade-plus is hard to overstate. One need only glance at our threadbare, dispirited and, in many instances, crumbling public schools to see this destructive handiwork in action. As veteran business and public […]

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Failure of property tax relief bills highlights folly...

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2025/07/22

North Carolina Republican lawmakers’ mad rush to slash income taxes on corporation and the wealthy in recent years has produced many disastrous impacts. See, for example, our threadbare and crumbling public schools. But there’s another big and negative impact: the effect on property taxes. Thanks to fast rising home prices, there’s a growing need […]

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North Carolina’s unbelievable and embarrassing...

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2025/07/21

It is unbelievable and embarrassing that our public schools (PreK-12) are where they are today, ranking 48th in the nation in per-student funding and 49th in funding effort. This while our state is booming economically and ranked No. 1 nationally as the best climate for business. What is wrong? Do our state legislators not care? Or do […]

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Who’s affected by the latest voter registration...

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2025/07/21

Last week, the State Board of Elections launched an ambitious effort to get 103,000 voters to add missing information to their registration record – a NC DMV (driver’s license) number or the last four digits of their Social Security number or a declaration that they have neither document. The board says it will not purge […]

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Tillis continues to disappoint after briefly raising...

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2025/07/21

After almost 12 years, it’s familiar by now, but sadly, the pattern in which Senator Thom Tillis raises hopes that he’ll act with courage and then backs down at the last minute continues to repeat itself in maddening fashion. The latest incident: Tillis’s utterly inexcusable vote last week to endorse President Trump’s nomination of […]

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Another ‘BRIC’ not in the wall

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2025/07/21

This week’s editorial cartoon is based on this NC Newsline story.

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Hegseth’s revival of Fort Bragg name is too clever by...

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2025/02/12

The Trump administration is making a mockery of a well-designed system the U.S. government has long employed for naming important places for historical figures. The latest example: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s too-clever-by-half move to rename North Carolina’s Fort Liberty Army base as Fort Bragg. The name was changed from Bragg to Liberty just […]

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NC prepares to sock it to teachers and state...

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2025/02/11

In 2010, the year North Carolina Republicans won control of both houses of the state legislature, Site Selection Magazine — the self-described “leading publication in corporate real estate, facility planning, location analysis and foreign direct investment” — ranked North Carolina as the nation’s fourth “most competitive state.” It was a familiar accolade. Throughout most of […]

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