The Leandro v. State decision has long stood as a constitutional benchmark affirming that every child in North Carolina is entitled to a “sound basic education.” The recent action by the North Carolina Supreme Court declining to compel the legislature to fund the remedies tied to that obligation underscores a persistent institutional tension—one that sits at the intersection of judicial interpretation and legislative authority. Supporters of the Court’s position correctly not

An unprecedented assault on the media by a sitting President and a landscape changed by technology continue to erode one of the pillars of self-government and community engagement. President Donald Trump recently endorsed Federal Communications Chair Brendan Carr’s threat to revoke broadcast licenses over news coverage of the U.S. Israeli war in Iran that he doesn’t like. The president wrote on Truth Social, “As I used to say in The Apprentice, FIRED.” Carr, and presumably t

Two things struck me about an interview Stephen Colbert conducted with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, which aired on YouTube because, Colbert says , CBS refused to let him interview Talarico on “The Late Show.” CBS says it gave him “guidance.”   Either way, I was struck by how far CBS has fallen from the days when its news anchor Walter Cronkite was considered the most trusted man in America. It’s appalling that the network would squander such a legacy by cowering