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By convincing students they’re destitute, colleges are breeding government dependence.
By convincing students they’re destitute, colleges are breeding government dependence.
 
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott announced his entry into the 2024 presidential election on Monday, smacking President Joe Biden while touting his own up-from-poverty story.
Published: Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 @ 10:17 pm By: Daily Wire
South Carolina Republican Sen. Tim Scott announced his entry into the 2024 presidential election on Monday, smacking President Joe Biden while touting his own up-from-poverty story.
 
When the Affordable Care Act was passed it contained an option for states to extend Medicaid coverage to adults with an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, beginning in January 2104.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2023 @ 10:58 pm By: Tom Campbell
When the Affordable Care Act was passed it contained an option for states to extend Medicaid coverage to adults with an income up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level, beginning in January 2104.
 
Hey folks, Bernie Sanders here! I am once again asking for your support in eradicating systemic poverty from the face of the earth. America can do it, but we won't because America is immoral and Elon Musk has all the money.
Published: Sunday, January 29th, 2023 @ 9:21 am By: Babylon Bee
Hey folks, Bernie Sanders here! I am once again asking for your support in eradicating systemic poverty from the face of the earth. America can do it, but we won't because America is immoral and Elon Musk has all the money.
 
After the Supreme Court refused to hear a case from a Christian non-profit that sued the hard-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for defamation, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a blistering dissent, stating that he wanted to reconsider the “actual malice” standard
Published: Wednesday, July 6th, 2022 @ 9:18 am By: Daily Wire
After the Supreme Court refused to hear a case from a Christian non-profit that sued the hard-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for defamation, Justice Clarence Thomas issued a blistering dissent, stating that he wanted to reconsider the “actual malice” standard
 
Report concludes series examining major issues impacting North Carolina women
Report concludes series examining major issues impacting North Carolina women
 
The far-left NC Policy Watch just published a report on childhood poverty and hunger in North Carolina, co-authored by the controversial and hypocritical UNC law professor Gene Nichol.
The far-left NC Policy Watch just published a report on childhood poverty and hunger in North Carolina, co-authored by the controversial and hypocritical UNC law professor Gene Nichol.
 
The Census Bureau has just issued its latest annual report, “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020,” and American Enterprise Institute economist and blogger Mark Perry has extracted and summarized its highlights, as he does every year.
The Census Bureau has just issued its latest annual report, “Income and Poverty in the United States: 2020,” and American Enterprise Institute economist and blogger Mark Perry has extracted and summarized its highlights, as he does every year.
 
Scott Winship writes for the Spotlight on Poverty website about the significance of new poverty numbers.
Scott Winship writes for the Spotlight on Poverty website about the significance of new poverty numbers.
 
Another day, another piece by the far-Left NC Justice Center that hides facts about poverty in NC.
Another day, another piece by the far-Left NC Justice Center that hides facts about poverty in NC.
 
The N&O yesterday published an op-ed by the NC Justice Center that accuses Sen. Phil Berger of “spinning a compelling yarn, even when he doesn’t tell the whole story.”
The N&O yesterday published an op-ed by the NC Justice Center that accuses Sen. Phil Berger of “spinning a compelling yarn, even when he doesn’t tell the whole story.”
 
As many as 626,000 North Carolinians with incomes below 133% of the poverty level might qualify for Medicaid.
As many as 626,000 North Carolinians with incomes below 133% of the poverty level might qualify for Medicaid.
 
Last year Senators Angela Bryant (D-Halifax), Valerie Foushee (D-Chatham) and Terry Van Duyn (D-Buncombe) introduced legislation (SB 174) to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour as a way “to advance economic security in North Carolina.”
Last year Senators Angela Bryant (D-Halifax), Valerie Foushee (D-Chatham) and Terry Van Duyn (D-Buncombe) introduced legislation (SB 174) to raise the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour as a way “to advance economic security in North Carolina.”
 
When it comes to free speech, opposites may not attract. But respectful conflict and debate make for better education in colleges and universities, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said in a hearing Oct. 26
When it comes to free speech, opposites may not attract. But respectful conflict and debate make for better education in colleges and universities, U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, said in a hearing Oct. 26
 
The State Board of Education released a slew of data during its September board meeting, and while the numbers show higher graduation rates and overall improvement in school performance, significant challenges over low performers and poverty rates remain
The State Board of Education released a slew of data during its September board meeting, and while the numbers show higher graduation rates and overall improvement in school performance, significant challenges over low performers and poverty rates remain
 
Incoming East Carolina University students will explore America's poverty crisis and social inequality in this year's Pirate Read selection
Incoming East Carolina University students will explore America's poverty crisis and social inequality in this year's Pirate Read selection
 
According to recent reports, the federal government administers 126 separate programs directed at low-income households. Many of these programs are administered in partnership with state governments, while state and local governments provide still more separate programs. Spending on these...
According to recent reports, the federal government administers 126 separate programs directed at low-income households. Many of these programs are administered in partnership with state governments, while state and local governments provide still more separate programs. Spending on these...
 
The reopening of UNC–Chapel Hill Law School’s Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity as the “North Carolina Poverty Research Fund” by law professor Gene Nichol shows great contempt for the UNC system Board of Governors, the state legislature, and the people of North Carolina.
The reopening of UNC–Chapel Hill Law School’s Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity as the “North Carolina Poverty Research Fund” by law professor Gene Nichol shows great contempt for the UNC system Board of Governors, the state legislature, and the people of North Carolina.
 
On Feb. 27, the UNC Board of Governors voted to close the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at its Chapel Hill campus. Many on the left and faculty within the UNC system argued the board's decision was political and an attack on academic freedom.
On Feb. 27, the UNC Board of Governors voted to close the Center on Poverty, Work, and Opportunity at its Chapel Hill campus. Many on the left and faculty within the UNC system argued the board's decision was political and an attack on academic freedom.
 
You’ve heard the spin the media, the progressives and the professors have put on the closing of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, but let’s step back and look at what this is and isn’t about.
Published: Sunday, March 1st, 2015 @ 10:04 am By: Tom Campbell
You’ve heard the spin the media, the progressives and the professors have put on the closing of the UNC Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, but let’s step back and look at what this is and isn’t about.
 
If the recent review of campus-based centers by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was all an elaborate ruse to silence a critic of state Republicans, it would probably qualify as the most improbable, elaborate, and ineffective conspiracy in North Carolina history.
If the recent review of campus-based centers by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors was all an elaborate ruse to silence a critic of state Republicans, it would probably qualify as the most improbable, elaborate, and ineffective conspiracy in North Carolina history.
 
It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
It's particularly disgusting to see our state's drive-by media try to compare the UNC Board of Governors' decision to shut down a scam on the Chapel Hill campus to McCarthyism or the state's one-time speaker ban.
 
Today North Carolina released A-F grades for all traditional public and charter schools. News outlets have been all over the story and pundits are angling to put a spin on what is expected to be a tough day for many schools.
Today North Carolina released A-F grades for all traditional public and charter schools. News outlets have been all over the story and pundits are angling to put a spin on what is expected to be a tough day for many schools.
 
Filmmaker Steve Channing's excellent "A Generation of Change" on UNC-TV, was a stark reminder of post-war North Carolina, a state wracked by poverty, poor health and uneducated citizens.
Filmmaker Steve Channing's excellent "A Generation of Change" on UNC-TV, was a stark reminder of post-war North Carolina, a state wracked by poverty, poor health and uneducated citizens.
 
Correct ideas are not always popular ones. I freely admit that most North Carolinians favor increasing the legal minimum wage, through either congressional or legislative action. Supporters believe that it will help workers rise out of poverty...
Correct ideas are not always popular ones. I freely admit that most North Carolinians favor increasing the legal minimum wage, through either congressional or legislative action. Supporters believe that it will help workers rise out of poverty...
 
On the corner of South Elm Street and Lee Street on the south side of downtown Greensboro lies a seven-acre empty lot.
On the corner of South Elm Street and Lee Street on the south side of downtown Greensboro lies a seven-acre empty lot.
 
Newspapers, activists and all who care about open government recently celebrated "Sunshine Week." Now it's time for North Carolina conservatives to make 2014 Sunshine Year.
Newspapers, activists and all who care about open government recently celebrated "Sunshine Week." Now it's time for North Carolina conservatives to make 2014 Sunshine Year.
 
A public records request filed by the Civitas Institute confirms that the UNC Poverty Center continues to use publicly funded resources for blatantly political activities in ways that are inappropriate, violate UNC policies, and possibly illegal.
A public records request filed by the Civitas Institute confirms that the UNC Poverty Center continues to use publicly funded resources for blatantly political activities in ways that are inappropriate, violate UNC policies, and possibly illegal.
 
I think it was Albert Einstein who once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
I think it was Albert Einstein who once said the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
 
As the old saying goes, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." But some North Carolina professors have decided that they are neither goose nor gander.
As the old saying goes, "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." But some North Carolina professors have decided that they are neither goose nor gander.
 
Partly as a result of these experiences I read with interest a recent article the The Chronicle Of Higher Education (arguably the most read publication related to higher education news).
Partly as a result of these experiences I read with interest a recent article the The Chronicle Of Higher Education (arguably the most read publication related to higher education news).
 
Chapel Hill is known mainly for two things: (1) Great basketball and (2) loony-tunes lefty nuttiness. Basketball is down a little bit this year.
Published: Monday, March 25th, 2013 @ 3:19 pm By: Brant Clifton
Chapel Hill is known mainly for two things: (1) Great basketball and (2) loony-tunes lefty nuttiness. Basketball is down a little bit this year.
 
An organization founded by ex-Sen. John Edwards was meant to fight poverty, but many clues suggest it instead focuses more on fighting partisan battles- and to avoid scrutiny by North Carolina taxpayers.
An organization founded by ex-Sen. John Edwards was meant to fight poverty, but many clues suggest it instead focuses more on fighting partisan battles- and to avoid scrutiny by North Carolina taxpayers.
 

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