“When guns are outlawed,” the adage goes, “only outlaws will have guns.” That certainly seems to be the case in Charlotte: A Civitas analysis of gun-related arrests in Charlotte ... Keep Reading
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To create jobs, promote access to opportunity via human networks
By U.S. Sen. Mike Lee Like most Americans, I support the ability of individuals to collect unemployment insurance for a limited amount of time. But in order to start solving the ... Keep Reading
Barber Attacks Religious Right — But Who Is Really ‘Just Running Their Mouths’?
By Dr. Mark Creech Last month, in a sermon the media described as “fire and thunder,” [1] the Rev. William Barber, head of the NC NAACP, mounted the pulpit of Zion Baptist ... Keep Reading
Civitas Partisan Index – 2012
2012 CPI Senate List 2012 CPI House List The Civitas Partisan Index has been updated to show the political balance of power in North Carolina as revealed in the 2012 elections. ... Keep Reading
Civitas Supports the 2nd Amendment
Dear Friend, I am writing to reassure you that there is no connection whatsoever between the Civitas Institute and a newspaper chain that reportedly was planning to create a ... Keep Reading
N&O Editorial on Common Core: Misinformed and Misguided
In an editorial earlier this week, News & Observer editors admonished those who seek to slow down the implementation of Common Core Standards and want the state to back out ... Keep Reading
The Big Mo: Raleigh Area’s Success Offers Lessons
A new survey suggesting the future looks bright for the greater Raleigh area has important lessons for the whole state. The website newgeography.org recently published a study ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion: A Quick Primer
In North Carolina, most news coverage on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, has focused on the massive technical failures of the federal exchange website. But ... Keep Reading
For Mentally Ill, Some Long-Awaited Glimmers of Hope
A version of this op-ed appeared in the Charlotte Observer. Last week, a young man from eastern North Carolina named Keith Vidal became the latest victim in a long series of ... Keep Reading
Unemployment Insurance: You Get What You Pay For
“You get what you pay for” goes one popular old adage. And in North Carolina, it appears that we had for some time been paying to secure one of the highest unemployment rates in ... Keep Reading
