A politically divided North Carolina Board of Education on Thursday narrowly approved the state’s K-12 social studies standards, which has been criticized for implementing elements of critical race theory. In a vote largely split along party lines, the board’s Democratic majority voted 7-5 to pass the revised standards. In the wake of the nationwide Black…
North Carolina Passes K-12 Social Studies Standards Focusing on Race
How Mark Robinson Beat Bloomberg’s Billions to Win North Carolina’s Second-Highest Office
Commentary As one of 10 children growing up in extreme poverty in Greensboro, North Carolina, Mark Robinson has defied a lot of odds in life: an alcoholic and abusive father, foster care stints, and an overwhelmed single mother. After joining the Army Reserves right out of high school, he married and had two children while…
Marc Basnight, Longest Serving North Carolina Senate Leader, Dies at 73
RALEIGH, N.C.—Former state Sen. Marc Basnight, a Democrat from North Carolina’s barrier islands who became one of North Carolina’s most powerful contemporary political leaders while serving a record 18 years as Senate leader, died Monday. He was 73. Basnight, who was ill for years with what was later diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, died at…
North Carolina Governor Sued Over Pandemic-Related Bar Closures
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is being sued by the owner of a popular Greenville bar over emergency shutdown orders purportedly aimed at stemming the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The lawsuit comes as courts, including the Supreme Court, are becoming increasingly receptive to overturning or modifying pandemic-related executive orders,…
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