Editorials

Duke Energy wants its customers to pay for the cleanup and disposal of millions of tons of toxic coal ash. The editorial board has long said that given Duke’s mishandling of coal ash, that cost should be paid by shareholders. More recently, N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein filed a formal app…

The good news for democracy Tuesday was that in New Hampshire they know how to count votes. That’s especially good news for Bernie Sanders, who was denied his election night TV time in Iowa last week but not this time as he narrowly won the Granite State. Whether that’s good news for the Dem…

East Carolina University has 28,650 undergraduate and graduate students — 540 in the schools of medicine and dentistry. There are 2,075 full and part-time faculty — not to mention hundreds of administrators and staff.

State programs and efforts by private organizations have reduced North Carolina’s infant mortality rate to its lowest ever, but the state still has a stubborn problem with high levels of black infant mortality. According to 2018 statistics, black babies are more than twice as likely to die t…

On Jan. 31, with Americans focused on President Trump’s impeachment trial, the coronavirus and the upcoming Iowa caucuses, the Trump administration announced it was adding six more countries to the list of those whose citizens face travel restrictions to the United States. The given reason w…

Amid an impeachment effort meant to remove him from office and a re-election campaign meant to return him, President Donald Trump gave his third State of the Union Address Tuesday night.

For thousands of North Carolina families, the wars aren’t over, although you might have forgotten about them.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office issued yet another warning last week that the federal government is heading down a dangerous fiscal path, racking up debt at an alarming rate. The CBO projects that deficits will average $1.3 trillion a year over the coming decade, with the economy…

Elections should focus on bringing diverse interests together toward common concerns and the greater good. Campaigns must be about the truth.

News that the North Carolina Association of Educators is seeking input about a possible strike over teacher pay prompted opposing views from the state’s largest newspapers:

Tap water across the United States is contaminated to a much higher degree than previously known by toxic chemicals, according to a new report released on Jan. 22 by the Environmental Working Group.