Hannah AstinStaff Writer The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding to a joint University of North Carolina and Duke University Middle East studies program, claiming that the program is misusing its federal grant money to promote the, “positive aspects… Read More ›
Brayden StampsStaff Writer North Carolina! Come on and raise up! This one’s for you! It is, in fact, time to break out Petey Pablo’s iconic anthem because football in the Tar Heel State is back. Not only that, it’s better… Read More ›
Hannah AstinStaff Writer On Sept. 11, Republicans in the North Carolina House of Representative voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of the state budget after months of stalemate between Cooper and Republican state legislators. Out of the 120 members… Read More ›
Peyton UpchurchStaff Writer After a North Carolina legislative map was sent for legal review due to allegations of partisan manipulation, courts ruled that the districts drawn corresponded with gerrymandering and that the Republican legislature was therefore in violation of the… Read More ›
Luciano GonzalezStaff Writer North Carolina politicians and government officials are determined to tackle a serious problem plaguing schools statewide. Dubbed the “school-to-prison pipeline” by activists and commentators across the country, negative educational policies such as “zero-tolerance policies” can have a… Read More ›
Hannah AstinStaff Writer Dozens of volunteers attended a recent training on how to identify and report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) vehicles. The majority-white group of volunteers was taught by a small solidarity group of women working with Siembra NC…. Read More ›
Madison Hoffman Staff Writer According to a the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, North Carolina students have made little progress on reading compared to the amount of money being invested into boosting elementary students’ skills over the past six… Read More ›
