Opinion
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A third of parents are putting career plans on hold due to the cost of childcare—even here in North Carolina
We treat childcare as a personal problem that deserves private suffering, instead of political action. I spent years thinking that it was my fault. As another mom said to me: “It feels like I’m the one doing something wrong.”
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Opinion: Some NC lawmakers want to let school districts hire unlicensed teachers. That’s a bad idea.
A veteran North Carolina teacher on why a new proposal in the North Carolina General Assembly would be disastrous for our public schools.
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Opinion: Why now is the time for North Carolina Democrats to break the silence
Greensboro pastor C.J. Brinson says Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s infamous— but ultimately correct—anti-Vietnam speech should encourage North Carolina Democrats like Gov. Josh Stein to have more courage.
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Opinion: My NC son has cerebral palsy. He’s waited 15 years for care from an underfunded Medicaid program.
Today, nearly 19,000 North Carolinians are on the waitlist for the Innovations Waiver, a Medicaid program in NC that helps fund care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The average wait time is 12 to 15 years.
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OPINION: NC-13’s veterans deserve answers from Congressman Brad Knott
Scott Peoples, a North Carolina Army veteran and veteran rights advocate, has tried to contact his congressman to express his concerns about the mass firings by the Trump Administration and their effects on the VA. He has not gotten an answer.
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OPINION: A letter to North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle federal education programs, the North Carolina parent of a child with a disability urges Sen. Thom Tillis to step up.
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OPINION: A child can figure out how to lose gracefully, so why can’t Jefferson Griffin?
My kid was a winner because he was brave and faced reality when he had lost. I wonder what that makes Jefferson Griffin?
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Opinion: Jefferson Griffin proves he isn’t fit to be on NC’s Supreme Court
With his plea for the NC Supreme Court to overturn his election defeat, Jefferson Griffin and his allies in the Republican Party have resorted to lawlessness.
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Mayor Smathers: Let’s come together and deliver for WNC
Governor Cooper, I believe you should veto this bill. And to every lawmaker in Raleigh: Then do what is right. Reject partisanship. Uphold the veto. Let’s show the people of WNC that their leaders are as strong, resilient, and determined as they are.
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Opinion: As a Republican, I trust Josh Stein to be our next governor
I would not have believed you if you’d told me I’d be endorsing the Democratic candidate for governor. But when I look at the state that I love and that I served for over two decades, I know that Josh Stein is the only right choice.
