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The Obama administration on Thursday announced that the Veterans Administration will provide disability benefits to veterans exposed to contaminated well water while serving at Camp Lejeune. Eligible are those who served for at least 30 […]

Two thousand sixteen was stunning to those of us living through it. And just consider what it might look like 100 years from now in 2116 when future historians and political commentators look back on […]

Two thousand sixteen was stunning to those of us living through it. And just consider what it might look like 100 years from now in 2116 when future historians and political commentators look back on […]

Shaw University has a robust legacy of preparing scholars to be global leaders. We’ve been in this line of business for more than 151 years, and since taking the helm in August of 2015, I’ve […]

Four years ago, North Carolina was the only battleground state to deliver a win for Mitt Romney. In 2016, Donald Trump outperformed Mitt Romney in 84 counties. Hillary Clinton under-performed President Obama in 86 counties.What […]

Fidel Castro’s death has me thinking about pineapples. We ate a lot of crushed pineapple in Cuba that year— it may have been 1956. If so, I was seven and my brother was five or […]

Fidel Castro’s death has me thinking about pineapples. We ate a lot of crushed pineapple in Cuba that year— it may have been 1956. If so, I was seven and my brother was five or […]

Let me be clear, I support the re-election of Gov. Pat McCrory, without hesitation. I know there are those who question my support. Fairly. After all, why would an out gay man — even one […]

Let me be clear, I support the re-election of Gov. Pat McCrory, without hesitation. I know there are those who question my support. Fairly. After all, why would an out gay man — even one […]