“From Ukraine to Yemen and Afghanistan to Somalia, this beloved weapon of the Taliban and ISIS has enabled ragtag militias across the world to compete with American military muscle.”
Read More“It’s hard to imagine American universities without also picturing tailgates, game days, and for Carolina students, rushing Franklin Street after a monumental win. Unfortunately for victims of sexual assault, athletics on college campuses often do not bring those same things to mind.”
Read More“In the latest chapter of history’s oldest transatlantic relationship, the United Kingdom and United States have found themselves on strikingly similar trajectories.”
Read More“China came under fire on Friday in a new United Nations report detailing the horrors of Uyghur “re-education” camps that are found in the country’s westernmost provinces.”
Read More“To be remembered as a human being who put what is right over what is popular, to be a person who loved their career, family, and friends, to be a citizen who gave it all...what is more honorable than that?”
Read More“Six propositions are landing on the ballot this November, including a contentious voter ID law, expanded rights for victims of violent crime, and attempted checks on the power of the Governor.”
Read More“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’…”
Read More“Few elections in America will be watched on November 6th as closely as the NC 9th Congressional District.”
Read More“With Monday’s protests and the counterprotest on Saturday, the tangible hostility on campus has impacted the entire school environment.”
Read More“My fundamental objection can be expressed in a singular question: should we consider the death of an American citizen a taxable event?”
Read More“Applying strict interpretations of the Constitution to modern-day problems can lead to unforeseen and even dangerous circumstances.”
Read More“In 2014, for the first time since the eighteenth century, a non-Western country was the world’s largest economy.”
Read More“The public school system in the North Carolina is suspending Black male students at disproportionately high rates.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“North Carolina will not be at the forefront of public instruction until teachers are treated as professionals — and paid accordingly.”
Read More“I don’t believe what people say just because they said it.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“I see the Senate first as a place of compromise, but also as an emergency brake to protect our Constitutional rights.”
Read MoreShawn Gillooly writes about the foreign policy goings-on of the week.
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