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Berger defeat highlights an issue on which right and...

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2026/04/07

There were undoubtedly several factors that contributed to the stunning defeat of North Carolina’s most powerful politician, longtime Republican state Senate leader Phil Berger, in the recent Republican primary. Especially in a mostly rural and small-town district in which personal histories, relationships and grudges can play a major role, it’s risky to draw too many […]

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UNC system: The end of tenure?

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2026/03/12

The UNC University System Board of Governors approved a new policy for Academic Freedom and Tenure at their meeting on February 26. Its purpose states that: However, the approved policy also added new definitions about what academic freedom does not include: These three proscribed faculty actions are so broad and sweeping that anything we do […]

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North Carolina says family comes first. Our foster...

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2026/03/11

When a child cannot safely remain at home, the next best place is usually with someone they already know. A grandmother. An aunt. A trusted family friend. We say family comes first in North Carolina. But some of our foster care policies create difficulties and barriers. Our state is facing a shortage of licensed foster […]

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Restricting registration forms punishes NC voters

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2026/03/10

Following a successful primary election with energetic voter participation all over the state, we expect voters to be even more eager to make their voice heard in the fall. North Carolinians have a pivotal part to play in the midterms. Troublingly, our State Board of Elections is working to undermine them. On February 27, citing […]

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Going to the DMV is a huge headache. The SAVE Act...

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2026/03/09

Most North Carolinians dread a trip to the DMV. But if President Trump and Republicans in Congress have their way, that same bureaucratic headache — with its red tape and inflexible “produce-your-papers” requirements — is exactly what you can expect when you register and vote in the future. And unlike with the DMV, you won’t […]

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Money for nothing?

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2026/03/09

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Can involuntary outpatient commitment offer a path...

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2026/01/30

The recent tragic murders of Iryna Zarutska and Zoe Welsh highlight the limitations of the public mental health and public safety systems in managing persons with concurrent mental health and criminal legal problems. Two men with serious mental health conditions and criminal legal involvement committed tragic crimes that we hope could have been averted. Despite […]

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Why Parents and Students Should Care About Academic...

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2026/01/26

It’s college admissions season, and many high school seniors in my orbit are considering UNC system schools. As a faculty member for 12 years and a North Carolina resident for more than 20, this delights me. I always recommend my home institution, NC State, but I’m enthusiastic about our entire system, rightly known as one […]

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Border crossings

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2026/01/26

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The North Carolina GOP and its fear of voters

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2026/01/20

One supposes that it’s not an especially unusual phenomenon for politicians who ascend to power to do everything they can to cling to it. Between the ability to shape public policy and the trappings that come with inhabiting high office, political power is almost always an addictive drug that’s hard to kick. That said, it’s […]

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Eager to please.

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2026/01/19

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As 2026 Elections Begin, A Single Vote Could Make the...

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2026/01/13

Does one vote really make a difference in an election? With mail-in voting starting this month for North Carolina’s 2026 Primary, a new report answers that question with a decisive “yes.” Research from Common Cause North Carolina reveals how one person’s vote — or decision not to vote — made the difference in who won or […]

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The heart of ICE

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2026/01/12

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North Carolina’s rigid, unresponsive legislative...

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2026/01/06

There is, of course, nothing new about the spectacle of everyday people being forced to endure great suffering because of the whims, foibles, fears and egos of powerful rulers and politicians. From the forced labor that helped construct the pyramids to the countless wars waged to boost a leader’s domestic political standing, millions of people […]

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Dropping the ball

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2026/01/05

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Midcycle redistricting deepens America’s divide

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2026/01/03

When the Indiana state Senate recently rejected a mid-cycle partisan redistricting of its congressional delegation, it was not only a rebuke to President Donald J. Trump; it also upheld a norm that has guided American democracy for more than a century. Since the early 1900s, states have almost never redrawn congressional maps outside the decennial […]

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Best of 2025: Our top editorial cartoons of 2025

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2025/12/31

As we say goodbye to 2025, we hope you’ll enjoy some of our favorite editorial cartoons of the past year by NC Newsline’s political cartoonist John Cole. Happy New Year from all of us at NC Newsline!

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UNC system’s new ‘work for hire’ policy is a...

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2025/12/23

Once upon a time I consulted with a local nonprofit that needed help revising a client satisfaction questionnaire. Years earlier, I had apprenticed as a survey researcher, so I knew how to do this sort of thing. It’s a craft like any other. I fixed several problems with the old questionnaire and drafted a new […]

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The Education Governor

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2025/12/22

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Publicly posting course syllabi will harm North...

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2025/12/11

The UNC system recently decided behind closed doors that faculty syllabi are no longer their own intellectual property and instead are public records. This is a bad thing for all North Carolinians, and here’s why. The University is supposed to be a place where there is a free exchange of ideas, learning, and conversations that […]

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