Column: Front-page editorials are rare, but this one was necessary
The front-page editorial is journalism’s equivalent of an upside-down flag. It’s a symbol of distress.
The front-page editorial is journalism’s equivalent of an upside-down flag. It’s a symbol of distress.
In 12th grade, our European history book spoke of a village in France that sheltered over 3,000 Jews during the height of the Holocaust. The refuge wasn’t secret; its mission was known, and the town’s unity defied the Nazis’ quest to continue searching for Jews.
Do you ever pinch yourself while reading Wikipedia?
In one of my earliest memories, my socks are slick on the floor of my parents’ bathroom. Intentionally leaving the lights off, I take a plastic bin off the back of the toilet and gently place it on the floor.
Since President Trump first entered the political arena in June 2015, media companies have covered his campaign and now presidency as a series of spectacles.
As the year is drawing to a close, there is probably a checklist of things you need to do, especially for those who are graduating. While many of you seniors are putting together the last few pieces of your honors theses or deciding who gets your graduation tickets, health care often gets overlooked.
The saying is "follow the money," but at UNC and many public universities it isn't that simple.
On campus, we talk a lot about privilege. Some of us think it has profound impact on our lives and the lives of those we go to school with. Some of us think that privilege is a myth.
My dad’s Facebook profile says that Jan. 1, 1970 is his date of birth.
The Daily Tar Heel decided to switch to gender-neutral terms to promote inclusivity in 2015. This included using the word “first-year” instead of “freshman,” and “chairperson” instead of “chairman” or “chairwoman.”
John Wooden lived by these words: 1. Never lie.
I am a non-student reader. I am old and liberal.
Over the past several years it has become apparent to me that this nation’s people-centered, democratic republic has become eroded to the point of no longer functioning as, of and for the people.
I applaud the April 17 editorial cartoon supporting the benefits of fluoridation.
I am on the autism spectrum. It’s part of my identity, it shapes the way I interact with people on a day-to-day basis, and I’m proud to say it’s a part of who I am.
I spent the night before my final first day of class reading the handful of postcards my dad sent me before we moved to North Carolina. One featured the Charlotte skyline. Another proclaimed it to be “The Tar Heel State,” complete with little footprints Dad labeled to belong to each member of my family.
Another Republican state house, another bill scoring cheap political points by crying foul against liberal professors. At least this one does not even feign policy knowledge or responsibility.