Op-ed: Back to basics: Walkability in Chapel Hill
"Walkable streets. The priority of residents should be the priority of the town. Let’s make sure Town Council gets that feedback, too."
Column: LGBTQ+ people are resilient as hell
Any workplace would be lucky to have queer and trans staff members, and the Supreme Court should back this up by protecting our right to equal employment — regardless of who we are or who we love.
Editorial: UNC is shaking down cancer patients
As students, we know that parking on campus isn’t cheap, so most of us try to avoid it altogether by walking or taking a bus instead. But patients at UNC Hospitals don’t have the same freedom. For cancer patients, many of whom must park several times per week for treatments that last several hours, these expenses can really add up.
Editorial: Town council makes the ~right~ move
The Chapel Hill Town Council’s vote is an important step toward future-proofing Chapel Hill by making the town less dependent on cars.
Editorial: Keep race-conscious admissions at UNC
Affirmative action should not be about tokenizing people of color for diversity, it should be about creating multifaceted, critical learning spaces. At the same time, race-conscious admissions practices should challenge historically-white and exclusive institutions, like UNC.
Op-ed: Scripture calls us to welcome the stranger, promote hospitality and seek justice
It is crucial that people of faith respond to the immigration crisis by offering advocacy and welcome in the face of rising anti-immigrant sentiment. Religious communities find in our scriptures traditions which call us to welcome the stranger, promote hospitality and seek justice.
Column: Self-care is not self-indulgent
Self-care is more than spa days and expensive skincare routines. In reality, the definition of self-care is remarkably fluid. It’s whatever you want or need it to be, and it doesn’t have to cost anything at all.
Column: Immigrants make Chapel Hill home for all of us
The value that immigrants bring is found in the ideas, traditions and cultures that continually enrich our town and University.
Editorial: Listen to Dr. Yusef Salaam to learn from the criminalization of Black men
Salaam is so much more than his tale of stolen youth, but his experiences highlight both the overt and subtle forms of criminalization that Black boys and men have no choice but to encounter.
Column: The art of a curated Instagram
Curation isn’t toxic until it becomes mistaken for reality.
Editorial: With Smith gone, we hope a more courageous chairperson will take his place
"Do not let pettiness or personal endeavor stop you from using your position for good. Refuse to allow bullies to stop you from doing what is right for the students of this state. The Board of Governors has great power in steering the future of UNC-Chapel Hill. Be bold, be courageous and be just."
Editorial: Four million North Carolinians' healthcare is being neglected
Rural health centers suffer from a lack of funds and healthcare professionals, and as a result people who live in rural areas cannot get the prompt medical care they need.
Guest Column: Hate, not heritage
"As a Black man, I personally use the number of Confederate flags displayed as a barometer for my own safety when traveling the American South. The more I see, the sooner I know to get out of Dodge."
Editorial: Keep your hands to yourself
"Women are conditioned to believe that microaggressions are an integral part of living as a woman in this world."
Guest Column: Power to the powerless
A reply to the former opinion editor at the Daily Tar Heel's response to the column about social democracy.
Editorial: Lt. Gov. Dan Forest must speak against Islamophobic North Carolinians
"By keynoting this event, Forest legitimizes those who spout Islamophobia in the public sphere and into the consciousness of radical supporters."
Editorial: Wherefore art thou, chancellor?
With the search for UNC’s next chancellor now underway, here are some suggestions for whoever is brave enough to take the job.
