Opinion

Column: North Carolina should implement tuition-free community college

"Today, as we face shortages in skilled labor and look towards an uncertain economic future, it would seem best that we join our fellow states in ensuring that all determined citizens are able to get a secondary education to help fulfill our great state’s needs."

Cartoon: Surrender

Editorial: A thank you to the University's essential workers

The Editorial Board has an incredible amount of respect and gratitude for the work of employees who keep the University’s doors open, pandemic or not.

Column: When your first semester is one week

"In the meantime, do what you need to do. Feel how you need to feel. Screw pants, keep wearing pajamas. Yes, eat the entire quart of ice cream in the freezer."

Cartoon: Party crasher

Editorial: We all saw this coming

"The administration continues to prove they have no shame, and the bar for basic decency keeps getting lower."

Column: Undergraduate students must foster solidarity and organize

"Undergraduates should come to realize that their interests lie in fostering solidarity with graduate and campus workers. Stop partying, wear your mask and follow guidelines."

Column: What the UC Santa Cruz student reinstatement means for direct action at UNC

The results of the UC Santa Cruz lawsuit demonstrate the essential claim of graduate student workers across the academy: universities literally cannot work without our labor, and threatening or firing graduate students is untenable.

Op-ed: Changing the system from the inside out

"We have an obligation to leave the world much better than we found it, but the only way we can do that is to ensure we eradicate the very system that systematically enslaves our people today."

Editorial: Enforcement of UNC's community standards must be transparent

"All students who are coming to Chapel Hill have a responsibility to adhere to guidelines and actively work to limit the spread of COVID-19. But the increased threat of citations and police presence can make for an unsettling environment, especially for students of color."

Old North State stories: The terrifying beasts of Torpedo Junction

"Today, we face another invisible evil. We are confronted by an enemy that knows no morality, recognizes no humanity and seeks only to destroy us. Through a concerted effort and progressive action, we can take down that enemy just as our ancestors took down the unseen beasts of Torpedo Junction."

Letter: The Daily Tar Heel should use the term 'student-athlete'

"We, the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, believe this declaration of a binary identity is disrespectful and severely understates our responsibilities. It is our understanding that you did not consult with the student-athlete body before announcing you would no longer refer to us as just that — student-athletes."

Cartoon: Roadmap for Fall 2020

Cartoon: Zoommates

Editorial: You spoke. The University didn't listen.

One editorial is not enough space to list all of UNC’s mistakes leading into this semester. So here is a non-comprehensive list of questions and grievances the Editorial Board has against the University.

Op-ed: UNC furloughs international graduate workers amid coronavirus pandemic

"We quietly accept these indignities while American institutions use us to build their 'global' brand. We cope by focusing our attention on other Americans who make life livable." 

Column: A college athletes' union is long overdue

As conferences weigh health risks and others cancel their football seasons, the movement to organize players may be a significant turning point in the NCAA’s history of amateur sports.

Column: We're sorry.

"We have done so many things wrong," writes The Daily Tar Heel's Editor-in-Chief Anna Pogarcic. "As a predominantly white newsroom, we have failed to recruit and retain staffers of color. We do not look like the communities we serve, both on UNC’s campus and in the town of Chapel Hill, and as a result, we lack their trust. This is completely justified."

Column: Welcome to Elevate

"I am not the type of person who generally makes public statements about the things I think and feel, but I do listen. I listened as other BIPOC journalism students explained their reasons to distrust writing for The Daily Tar Heel, and when other groups also expressed disillusion with how the DTH has handled covering minority communities."

Column: Meet your new opinion editor

"I’m honored to serve as The Daily Tar Heel’s opinion editor for the 2020-21 year. To me, the opinion page is the heart of the community, a place where we can have important discussions about issues relevant to UNC and the larger Chapel Hill population. These conversations, however difficult they may be, are critical as we determine how to move forward as a desk, as a newsroom and as a community."