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June 14, 2023
David Shih
I’m an Asian American Helped by Affirmative Action. The Supreme Court Shouldn’t End It.
Campus diversity isn’t the only reason to keep the policy in place.
December 3, 2019
Nick Martin
Why Is the UNC System Giving Confederate Apologists $2.5 Million?
The board of governors has chosen a baffling route out of a controversy over Civil War memorials.
June 8, 2015
Michael A. Cooper Jr.
UNC's Hall of Shame
A Klansman's name has finally been scrubbed from a campus building. Now what?
February 15, 2015
Michael A. Cooper Jr.
The War on the War on Poverty
North Carolina conservatives are ousting the state's anti-poverty advocates
October 24, 2014
Jason Zengerle
The UNC Scandal Exposes the "Student-Athlete" Lie Once and For All

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