With everything that’s happening in our country and our region, and with abundant distractions at our fingertips, it would be easy to forget that halfway around the world, a war rages — a war instigated by a powerful, oppressive invader that uses every resource at hand, from military might t…
Stephen Shipps deserves every bit of punishment coming to him and more.
More than 20,000 North Carolinians have lost their lives to opioid overdoses. Still more are struggling with the disease of addiction, and many thousands more live in fear that they will lose someone they love. The morphine molecule has left a trail of death, destruction, and damaged familie…
As we enter the weekend, those of us in good health who have access to adequate medical care might want to take a moment to remember those who aren’t and don’t.
It’s called a “zombie lie.”
Of all the many, many, many reasons we could find to legitimately criticize North Carolina’s gift to Crazytown, Rep. Madison Cawthorn — it’s perhaps his latest exploit that has us truly seeing red.
Small-government Republicans in Raleigh have a super-sized addiction to irony.
Of all the many, many, many reasons we could find to legitimately criticize North Carolina’s gift to Crazytown, Rep. Madison Cawthorn — it’s perhaps his latest exploit that has us truly seeing red.
This editorial originally appeared in the Charlotte Observer.
The decision arrived late Friday, creating, perhaps, a little weekend cheer for supporters of democracy.
Americans know that something is up.
Roy Cooper’s trip to New Orleans last month for the Democratic Governors Association was notable for two reasons. He was elected chair of the organization, launching a new chapter for the governor and sparking whispers of a potential federal career. It was also the only known instance where …
Santa’s reindeer-led sleigh ride on Dec. 25 generally gets a lot of press, but this year, another journey that began on the same day deserves at least a few paragraphs.
North Carolina’s state legislators are a pretty busy bunch, but they don’t get paid a whole lot. Very few working people can actually afford to run for office — and as a result, their interests are often left out of the policymaking process.
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Many politicians from both major political parties campaigned this year on pledges to tackle rising prices, which have made it hard for many Americans to afford basic necessities.
As this session of Congress winds down, it’s important to note its many achievements. The current Congress passed a bipartisan infrastructure package, bipartisan anti-gun violence reform and a COVID relief package. It made historic investments in climate change and health care while holding the former president accountable by exposing the truth behind the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Now that the Thanksgiving recess is over, the 117th Congress has reopened for business with just a few weeks before the 118th Congress will be sworn in.
The United States has an alarming problem: civic negligence. The signs of civic decline and decay are all around us -- threats of extremist violence, book bans and legislative efforts to restrict honest discussions of history in schools.
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I understand that there are legitimate and deeply felt views on the issue of abortion. I believe that it would be good for us as a community/country to realize that people feel deeply about the issue and both sides have important concerns. That would mean respecting and listening to each oth…
This letter to the editor can be found in today's edition of The News Herald.
This letter to the editor can be found in today's edition of The News Herald.
This letter to the editor can be found in today's edition of The News Herald.
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