On Feb. 25, the playwright Christopher Demos-Brown spoke in the Ring Theater about the theater artist’s role in society. He also discussed his new play, American Son, that debuted to critical acclaim...

After four long days, the Senate Judiciary Committee concluded the confirmation hearing process for Judge Brett Kavanaugh this past Friday. Partisan bickering and folderol abounded, as Democratic and Republican...

he bus that carried John McCain and his team along the campaign trail when he ran against Barack Obama in 2008 was known as the Straight Talk Express. There are many ways to pay tribute to the former Arizona...

Trump’s attempt to fire Mueller confirms his lack of character. Until recently, exhortations for President Trump’s impeachment were not easily defensible. Some aggrieved voters hastily demanded that...

Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the U.S. has played an essential role in international affairs. Teddy Roosevelt articulated this vision of diplomacy in a 1901 speech when he famously declared...

Now that Neil Gorsuch is officially a Justice of the Supreme Court, it’s worth considering in a concrete way what his presence might mean for the future of American law. While his opinions will certainly...

Public education in North Carolina is at a crossroads. While it has become fashionable to always paint a negative picture of the public school system’s hopes in this state, now seems like an especially...

Many groups are overlooked in the American political context and the intellectually disabled are certainly no exception. In the aftermath of the election, there was much talk on the left and the right...

While most of the action in American politics this past week had to do with either Judge Gorsuch’s confirmation hearing or the debacle in Congress concerning healthcare, one piece of legislation that...

A president proposing a budget which has virtually no hope of passing in Congress has been a defining feature of American politics since the Reagan era. When the president reveals his proposed budget to...

As a political issue, gerrymandering is the equivalent of your Uncle Rick wearing a bathrobe in a roomful of Brooks Brothers suits. Or at least that’s how Scott Sexton of the Winston-Salem Journal characterized...

This past Friday, Feb. 17, former Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt was sworn in as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by Associate Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. Intense opposition...