Opinion
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: We’re participating in Democracy Day!
On Sept. 15, TCB, along with dozens of other news outlets across the country, will be participating in Democracy Day, a collaboration between newsrooms who promise to publish stories...
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: What Brian Clarey means to me
Featured photo: Brian eating Dim Sum in Chicago (photo by Sayaka Matsuoka)
Yesterday I was interviewed by a local TV station to talk about Brian...
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Is this aging?
Ever since I hit 30, my body hasn’t been the same.
First, it was the traumatic incident that messed up my tailbone after I took...
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EDITORIAL: Rigging elections and government waste
The latest attack on free and fair elections in North Carolina came this week from the Republican National Committee, with a little help from...
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Everything is y2k
Featured photo: The author circa 2008. It was all about the undereye eyeliner.
This past weekend, I found myself sifting through the racks at nearby...
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EDITORIAL: The Ignoramus Ticket wants to cripple NC schools
How much longer must we put up with these fools, these pretenders, these ridiculous candidates for high and important offices who flout their practiced...
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FRESH EYES: People with mental health issues — including those who are unhoused — deserve dignity
Fresh Eyes is TCB’s equivalent to a Letter to the Editor. Got a piece you’d like us to publish? Send it to
I started...
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: They’re coming for our schools
Right-wing Christian nationalists are coming for our schools.
On July 18, during the Republican National Convention, Republican NC Superintendent of Public Instruction Michele Morrow told...
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EDITORIAL: Will your vote count in NC?
Featured photo: An election worker dons an “I Voted” sticker on March 5, 2024 for Primary Election Day. (photo by Maaroupi Sani)
Recent developments in...
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Age of Madness: Palestinians deserve justice, not ‘peace.’
Featured photo: A pro-Palestine supporter holds a Palestinian flag in downtown Greensboro on Aug. 10. (photo by Brandon Demery)
A Palestinian woman uses her body...
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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Should we have kids?
Should we have kids?
If we don’t, won’t we be lonely when we’re older?
But what about the cost? Both the physical and monetary? What about...
