How Sororities Recruit Using "Palatable Blackness"

“By including black people in Greek life recruitment ads, while simultaneously excluding black people from membership, sororities display their tendency to align with ‘palatable blackness’…”

Culture, PopularCassandra CassidyAugust 29, 2018 Comments

A Look at the NC-09 Congressional Race

“Few elections in America will be watched on November 6th as closely as the NC 9th Congressional District.”

LocalBennett StillermanAugust 28, 2018 Comment

Last Week in Foreign Affairs (August 20-August 27)

GlobalShawn GilloolyAugust 28, 2018Comment

When Our Schools Are Racist by Omission

“With Monday’s protests and the counterprotest on Saturday, the tangible hostility on campus has impacted the entire school environment.”

NationalDevon Johnson & Jane TullisAugust 27, 2018Comment

When the Two Certainties Collide: Death and Taxes

“My fundamental objection can be expressed in a singular question: should we consider the death of an American citizen a taxable event?”

NationalPierce ShipwayAugust 24, 2018Comment

A Flaw in the System

“Applying strict interpretations of the Constitution to modern-day problems can lead to unforeseen and even dangerous circumstances.”

NationalShawn GilloolyAugust 23, 2018Comment

The 21st Century Belongs to China

“In 2014, for the first time since the eighteenth century, a non-Western country was the world’s largest economy.”

GlobalDenton OngAugust 22, 2018Comment

20-to-1: Black Male Suspensions in Durham Public Schools

“The public school system in the North Carolina is suspending Black male students at disproportionately high rates.”

Local, PopularDevon JohnsonAugust 21, 2018 Comment

Let America Vote: An Interview with Jason Kander

“I’m not in public service because I want to follow public opinion polls, I’m in public service because I want to change public opinion polls. That’s what leadership is.”

InterviewsCPR Editor-in-ChiefMay 31, 2018Comment

North Carolina Teachers Join Walkout Wave

“North Carolina will not be at the forefront of public instruction until teachers are treated as professionals — and paid accordingly.”

LocalBlythe GulleyMay 16, 2018Comment

Breakfast, Swimming, and Syria: A Conversation with Tucker Carlson

“I don’t believe what people say just because they said it.”

InterviewsParker BarthMay 9, 2018Comment

Borders Over Bridges: How the European Union’s Flawed Migration Policy Weakens Europe

“With millions of lives, billions of euros, and the very ideas of European integration and regional cooperation hanging in the balance, Brussels must study up — this is one test it can’t afford to fail.”

GlobalBrian MasseyApril 30, 2018Comment

Senator Amy Klobuchar

“I see the Senate first as a place of compromise, but also as an emergency brake to protect our Constitutional rights.”

NationalJoseph WombleApril 27, 2018Comment

The Foreign Policy Week

Shawn Gillooly writes about the foreign policy goings-on of the week.

Shawn GilloolyApril 19, 2018Comment

Rierson on the Right

Will Rierson writes about being conservative on a liberal campus.

Will RiersonApril 17, 2018Comment

Planning Cities for the Future

“We must ask exactly how cities can reduce these harmful effects. Your local city councilperson probably won’t like the answer, because it’s not easy and it won’t do them any favors when they are seeking to get reelected.”

NationalJoseph WombleApril 16, 2018 Comment