Monthly Archives: April 2008
ID, please
No accountability in protecting children
One of the most troubling debates in the last session of the General Assembly session came over a proposal to ban corporal punishment in schools. North Carolina is one of 21 states that allows adults to hit children at school as a form of discipline. [Continue Reading...]
The unholy alliance
Clinton praises N.C. education efforts
Hunt troubled by Moore’s ads
Findings criticize hospital
Pesticide task force comes up short
State Ag Commissioner helps block real protections for farmworkers
As a general political rule, there’s nothing inherently wrong with compromise and incremental change. Compromise, after all, is embedded in the very DNA of the American system of checks and balances and incremental change is often the best that advocates for the poor and the marginalized can realistically expect – especially when battling powerful vested interests.
GOP: Obama ad not racist
Adding Up the Benefit Of Pennies at the Pump
As economy slows, is any area really `recession-proof’?
The Immigration Swamp
The health care campaign
Virtually every poll finds that the economy and health care are the issues people in North Carolina and the nation are most concerned about and they are undeniably related. [Continue Reading...]
Reduce teen pregnancies to reduce the dropout rate
For a senior in high school, there is no greater season than spring. Warm weather and trees in bloom seem to coincide with a 12th grader’s growing sense of triumph and potential. Prom night, family celebrations and high school graduation are only days away. Her future is filled with promise or, at least, that’s how it should be. [Continue Reading...]
