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Stripping the $300 jobless benefit robs workers and economic recovery
Even though Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation that would have killed additional federal pandemic unemployment insurance (UI)—legislators...

Betty Joyce Nash, Carolina Commentary
Jun 19, 20215 min read


China a formidable competitor
The world’s two leading economic nations are moving toward a potentially devastating confrontation over the Island of Taiwan. China...

Virgil L. Smith, Carolina Commentary
May 21, 20213 min read


Keep voting easy and cheating hard for North Carolina voters
In late March, lawmakers in the North Carolina Senate began debating a bill that would move up absentee ballot deadlines, forbid...

Joy Franklin, Carolina Commentary
Apr 10, 20214 min read
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