Opinion

Gary Pearce: Will voting rights battle re-emerge in North Carolina?

By Gary Pearce For 150 years, North Carolina has been a battleground over Black citizens’ voting rights. Get ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: What’s a mother to do?

By Sharon Randall Recently I wrote a column on how surprised I was that my job as mother ...

Columnists

Elizabeth Cook: Beloved dialogue brings races together

Their interests ran the gamut —criminal justice, education, housing, jobs, mental health. But one factor united people of ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: A model of policing we too seldom see

We need to talk about what happened last week when police confronted a mentally disturbed man at a ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: ‘Baghdad Bob’ rides again

When I heard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas say last Sunday on “Meet the Press” that the southern ...

Columnists

Guest columnists: Newspaper publishers back bill that would open state, local government personnel records

By Paul Mauney and Bill Moss Last week, many newspapers wrapped up coverage of Sunshine Week, a time ...

Opinion

Steven Roberts: Standing up and speaking out

“Racism is real in America, and it has always been,” said Vice President Kamala Harris after a shooting ...

Opinion

Byron York: The Democrats’ filibuster hypocrisy

On April 7, 2017, less than four years ago, a majority of Democrats in the U.S. Senate joined ...

Opinion

Sharon Randall: Being a mom is a job for life

Life seems long when we’re looking ahead, and so short when we’re looking back. That’s especially true for ...

Columnists

John Hood: Suburban voters form largest block

RALEIGH — If you think about regional differences in North Carolina politics, economics or culture in terms of ...

Guest columns

Ingrid Newkirk: K-9 story lies in shooting of President Reagan 40 years ago

Forty years ago, on March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton. So was ...

Guest columns

DG Martin: Deciding who leads a university

By D.G. Martin Who runs the university? What university are you asking about? Well, for example, Fayetteville State ...

Columnists

Nalini Joseph: For Salisbury Parks and Recreation, the job is much more than kids and sports

By Nalini Joseph I’ve had the privilege of spending the last few months getting to know more about ...

Columnists

Josh Bergeron: Consider donating stimulus check to COVID-19 relief fund

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury announced 90 million stimulus checks had been ...

Columnists

My Turn, Nina Dix: Questions linger about Salisbury Police’s K-9 training tactics

Editor’s note: These are Nina Dix’s prepared remarked for last week’s Salisbury City Council meeting. Because of the ...

Columnists

My Turn, Carol Pomeroy: Keep speaking up against Trump, lies

By Carol Pomeroy He was not held accountable when he arranged for hush money payments to two women ...

Guest columns

Sharon Randall: How to say ‘I remember you’

By Sharon Randall Sometimes my life gets a bit out of hand. If you don’t know what I ...

Opinion

Gary Pearce: Tracking North Carolina’s ‘Blue Shift’

Looking back, it’s clear that North Carolina took a big step in 2008 toward becoming a Democratic state ...

Opinion

DG Martin: NC native’s connection to China’s arms buildup

Last week, according to Bloomberg News, China’s top military leaders were using a North Carolina native’s concept to ...

Guest columns

John Hood: COVID stimulus bill is reckless

By John Hood RALEIGH — The $1.9 trillion “COVID relief” bill just enacted by Congress and signed by ...

My Turn

My Turn, Ashley Honbarrier: Group cleans up mess from those who treat Rowan County like a dump

By Ashley Honbarrier We have been reading several letters sent in regarding the litter issue. Sadly, this is ...

Opinion

Cal Thomas: Buyer’s remorse for some evangelicals

Evangelical Christians, who once were content with staying out of earthly concerns, have grown into an influential subset ...

Opinion

Leonard Pitts: If facts cease to matter, consequences do, too

My brother-in-law died of hogwash. Another brother-in-law, a sister-in-law, two daughters-in-law, two cousins and several grandchildren are all ...

Opinion

Nalini Joseph: Let’s stop the blame game early

My son came home from school today with two B’s on his second trimester report card. Although his ...

Columnists

Guest columnists: Left, right agreement on voting success, path forward

By Bob Hall and Rick Henderson We are liberal and conservative leaders with decades of experience at policy ...

Opinion

Byron York: Why the Cuomo case drives Republicans crazy

Things are looking worse by the hour for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Recently, a fourth, and then ...

Opinion

Steven V. Roberts: Protecting the ‘great experiment’

Joe Biden has always opposed eliminating the Senate’s filibuster rule, and for good reason. Proponents of its elimination ...

Columnists

John Hood: Three school initiatives show promise

By John Hood RALEIGH — In North Carolina politics, few issues are as contentious as education. For years, ...

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