For the past several years we’ve chronicled how UNC law professor Gene Nichol has used taxpayer-funded resources for political purposes and encouraged political activism (See here, ... Keep Reading
UNC Poverty Center
UNC cuts ties with Poverty Center
Well it happened. Despite the disruptions of two dozen protestors, today the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) voted to accept the recommendation of a BOG working group and ... Keep Reading
Board of Governors group recommends closing UNC Poverty Center
Yesterday, after months of review, a UNC Board of Governors working group recommended the closing of three UNC Centers or Institutes, including the UNC Center on Poverty and Work, ... Keep Reading
Gene Nichol’s Poverty Center: Making Poverty Worse?
Gene Nichol & Co. continue to plea their case to save the UNC Poverty Center from possible cuts of research centers being considered by the Board of Governors. A key component ... Keep Reading
UNC Biz Prof. Critiques Gene Nichol
Michael Jacobs, CEO of Jacobs Capital and professor of the Practice of Finance at UNC’s Kenan-Flagler Graduate School of Business, wrote this interesting piece in the N&O ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper March 2014
A Civitas investigation uncovered emails showing the UNC Poverty Center uses public funding for partisan purposes. ... Keep Reading
JWPCI newspaper January 2014
The January 2014 CCC looks at a group of liberal professors who protest against Civitas’ free speech rights. Civitas Capitol Connection is the monthly newspaper of the Civitas ... Keep Reading
Gene Nichol: Income Inequality is Bad, Except for Mine
Today's American Spectator, a national conservative publication, features an article on UNC Poverty Center head Gene Nichol. The article spotlights how, like his predecessor John ... Keep Reading