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The impact of investigative news coverage
The news gathering business is not what it used to be. That is especially true in local communities where there is a lack of...

Virgil L. Smith, Carolina Commentary
Nov 2, 20234 min read


Why make voting hard? To reduce voting as a credible way to make democratic decisions
North Carolina’s hit parade of voter suppression marches on, now that the GOP has overridden Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 749,...

Betty Joyce Nash, Carolina Commentary
Oct 12, 20232 min read


An unaffiliated voter calls for radical coalition
On Aug. 28, Muhsin Mahmud, an exchange student from the UK, was making a video as he walked through the idyllic campus of my alma mater,...

Elizabeth Gibson, Guest Columnist
Sep 25, 20235 min read
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