Archive for April, 2008
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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008No accountability in protecting children
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008One 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.
The unholy alliance
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Clinton praises N.C. education efforts
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Hunt troubled by Moore’s ads
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Findings criticize hospital
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Pesticide task force comes up short
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008State 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
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Adding Up the Benefit Of Pennies at the Pump
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008As economy slows, is any area really `recession-proof’?
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The Immigration Swamp
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008The health care campaign
Monday, April 28th, 2008Virtually 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.
Reduce teen pregnancies to reduce the dropout rate
Monday, April 28th, 2008For 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.
