Editorial: North Carolina is seeing red
"With Republicans winning a significant number of down-ballot races, it appears N.C. politics will be as divided as ever, with several more years of gridlock sure to come."
Editorial: Take care of yourselves, and each other
"The coming days and weeks will be hard for many of us. There’s a lot that’s out of our control — but the one thing we can do is be gentle and kind, with ourselves and with others."
Editorial: Don't trust UNC in a crisis
"The situation proves we simply can’t trust UNC to be transparent, not even when danger is imminent."
Column: Science is not the enemy
"This political game has no place in research, nor should we allow it to attack science as an element of the American identity. Simply put, public research and communication ought to be independent of such political pressures."
Op-ed: North Carolinians need Medicaid expansion, now more than ever
"Denying people the care and medications they need to stay healthy doesn’t help anyone, especially not during a pandemic. Health insurance is on the ballot in November. Make sure your voice is heard."
Op-ed: It's 2020—There's still racism in the journalism industry
"It is time that journalists work together to end discrimination not just in the communities that we cover, but also in our own industry. We need to speak up in situations where people are being racist and prejudiced in our own spaces and workplaces."
Column: Abortion is health care, not political discussion
"Access to reproductive health care is not a women’s issue — it is a human rights issue."
Editorial: Group projects suck (now more than ever)
All our homies hate group projects.
Column: Vote like our lives depend on it
"I know some people may just want to pretend this pandemic is over and want a president who will assure you it's no big deal, but not everyone has the privilege to just ignore what is going on right now. They are terrified by the prospect of what is to come."
Editorial: Will UNC ever learn?
"Rather than trying to achieve the impossible, the administration should spend the next few months finding ways to radically improve the online learning experience, so students aren’t left hanging (again) when things inevitably go awry."
Column: Gen Z is America's last hope
"While young Americans have been historically horrible at voting, 2020 is different. When Republicans try to suppress our vote, it just makes us want to vote even more."
Column: Is your favorite sitcom problematic?
"Sitcoms are made to make us feel good, and it’s easy to want to defend that — especially in 2020, when most any semblance of comfort seems to have been taken from us. But microaggressive humor comes at a cost."
Column: Romance isn't everything
"Love, community, belonging and acceptance exist in more than one form — and as we open ourselves up to that truth, life blossoms."
Column: Read before you retweet
Think before you tweet (or retweet) and don’t believe everything you see online.
