Below are responses from real people across North Carolina describing how the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is making health insurance far less affordable while often forcing ... Keep Reading
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Unions Vow to ‘Organize the South’
Last month, union bosses from the AFL-CIO came together at a major convention in Los Angeles to discuss the future of organized labor in the United States. There they unveiled a ... Keep Reading
Teen Courts Help NC Youths
One question confronting North Carolina’s criminal justice system more and more is: What should we do for a 16-or-17-year-old who genuinely makes a mistake, learned a lesson and ... Keep Reading
Tell Us Your Obamacare Story
Click to read about North Carolinians' Obamacare Stories Did your premiums go up? Has your out of pocket deductible doubled or tripled? Has your employer dropped your plan or ... Keep Reading
D.C.’s Misguided Attack on NC Voting Law
It is telling that when Washington decides to attack North Carolina’s new voting reforms, the nation’s top legal authority paints a misleading picture of those laws. Yesterday, ... Keep Reading
A Sober Look at Education Reform in NC
Republicans slashed the education budget, offered teachers no pay raise and passed vouchers to allow kids to take public school dollars to private schools! We’re witnessing the ... Keep Reading
Does NC give Unemployment Benefits to Prisoners?
Incarcerated prisoners are not entitled to unemployment benefits because they obviously do not meet the condition of being able, available, and actively looking for work. ... Keep Reading
WSSU Voter Mailings Reveal Forsyth Election Problems
The recent discovery of important voter mailings stacked up in a post office underlines long-standing failures by elections staff that the Forsyth County Board of Elections (BOE) ... Keep Reading
NC Teachers Speak Up On Common Core
As schools across North Carolina begin teaching classes based on the Common Core standards, it is timely and appropriate to consider the views of the people who are closest to the ... Keep Reading
Isn’t a “Myth” Supposed to be Untrue?
Rob Christensen of the News & Observer recently published an article in which he claims to uncover “the truth” behind 10 “myths” about North Carolina state ... Keep Reading