Adam Kissel, former deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, discusses the report “Pervasive Sex Discrimination at North Carolina Universities.” He authored the report for the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Kissel offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
This weekend, the Chicago Teachers Union tweeted that efforts to reopen schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic are “rooted in sexism, racism and misogyny.” The union later deleted the tweet after receiving a flood of criticism for the unsubstantiated — and frankly outlandish — claim, admitting that it is a “complex issue” that “requires nuance and...
When employers, governments, schools, and other institutions use race or ethnicity to decide who will be hired or served, that is discrimination. Depending on context, it is either flatly illegal or at least fraught with peril.
There’s an urgent need to return N.C. public school students to in-person instruction. That’s the message Terry Stoops hopes to send. The John Locke Foundation’s vice president for research and director of education studies explains why the science and data suggest that school kids face much more danger of long-lasting negative effects if they remain...
Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses political pressure on President-elect Joe Biden to cancel college student loan debt. Kokai offered these comments during the Nov. 27, 2020, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
Kenny Xu, a commentary writer, discusses lawsuits challenging university admissions policies’ treatment of Asian-American students. Xu is writing a book on lawsuits involving Ivy League schools. Xu offered these comments during an interview for Carolina Journal Radio.
Dr. Wilfred McClay, G.T. and Libby Blankenship Chair in the History of Liberty at the University of Oklahoma, is author of “Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story.” McClay discusses the book for the John Locke Foundation’s “HeadLocke” podcast.
Amy Coney Barrett has joined the U.S. Supreme Court as its 115th justice. She has said her judicial philosophy mirrors that of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and supporters characterize her as an originalist. Jon Guze, John Locke Foundation director legal studies, analyzes Barrett’s record. He discusses the new justice’s likely impact on the nation’s...
I spent several days with three students who are, by mandate from the governor and the Mecklenburg County school board, learning at home. Hayden, Stephen, and Caroline are in the third, sixth, and eighth grades, respectively. Their mom, Hillary, who is single, started a new job in September and is working from home. Here’s what...
Each week, staff at Carolina Journal looks back at the week in N.C. politics and chooses several interesting, relevant stories you may have missed. Grillgate: In North Carolina, barbecue is for fighting. Cal Cunningham learned that the hard way. The Democratic U.S. Senate candidate tweeted an image of himself preparing to grill some hot dogs...
Why can’t we get it right? This response to COVID-19, I mean. Leadership has failed, on myriad levels, and for myriad reasons. So be it. We have free will. We shouldn’t need government, except to protect our civil liberties and our borders. We adapt, we adjust, and we move on. We’re capitalists and entrepreneurs. At...
