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Tillis dredges up shopworn conservative myths with attack on child tax credit
March 26, 2024

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NC Child’s Erica Palmer Smith on the looming crisis facing North Carolina’s childcare industry
March 25, 2024

Finding affordable childcare: its a huge challenge in North Carolina. While our state has one of the nations highest rates of working parents with young children, 44% of the states families live in a childcare desert where there are more than three t

Reproductive rights reporter Sofia Resnick on the next big case before the U.S. Supreme Court
March 25, 2024

Its been almost two years now since the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a half century of precedent by overturning the Roe v. Wade decision and ending the constitutional right to abortion care. And as had been expected, the ruling has produced a convoluted p

Documentary producer Cristin Severance on “UnSafe: North Carolina kids dying from gun violence”
March 25, 2024

Firearms are the leading cause of death when it comes to kids. And a brand-new WRAL documentary looks at why kids are dying from guns in North Carolina. Its called Unsafe: North Carolina kids dying from gun violence and WRAL-TV investigative documenta

Supreme Court must stick to the facts in abortion pill case
March 25, 2024

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Federal consumer watchdog agency should rein in bank overdraft fees
March 22, 2024

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Legislature should address the real threat to election integrity
March 21, 2024

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North Carolina should assure that rights of parents seeking IVF are protected
March 20, 2024

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Biden advances another sound, commonsense budget proposal
March 19, 2024

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UNC System President Peter Hans on the state of higher education
March 18, 2024

In Part One of our recent extended conversation with the University of North Carolina System president Peter Hans, we discussed some of the successes UNC campuses have had in keeping tuition and fees relatively affordable, while also dealing with some of