Opinion -

Column: Battling barriers marginalized communities face in the workforce

By Caitlyn Yaede | November 4

"Women, and women of color in particular, are likely to be a part of the informal labor market, which includes tasks like caretaking. This fosters both racial and gendered segregation in the workforce, which makes it even more difficult to untangle issues of inequality, such as equal pay."

Column: How much sex is too much sex?

By Savannah Bradley | November 3

"Regardless of how much sex you have (every day to none) or the number sexual partners you have (30 to 0) — it's your choice."

Column: ConnectCarolina is cool and retro

By Hannah Kaufman | November 3

"If you’re feeling nostalgic for the past, don’t open your closet — open your computer. ConnectCarolina will be waiting for you, as always, with its dated icons and buffering student center, just hoping that you will be the next student who fails to find the Tar Heel Tracker, yearning for the moment that you give up on Chrome and head to Firefox in the hopes that something, anything, will make this website work."

Editorial: New North Carolina legislative maps undermine our elections

By Editorial Board | November 3

"The North Carolina Republican-led Redistricting Committee's maps represent everything wrong with partisan map-making. The manipulation in the proposed maps is evident."

Editorial: The ACC should stay in North Carolina

By Editorial Board | November 2

"The ACC's rise can be traced back to North Carolina. Without the basketball success and national branding of Duke and UNC, the ACC wouldn't have nearly as much prestige it does today."

Column: UNC must prioritize renaming campus buildings

By Zari Taylor | November 2

"There is little to be done to change the history of our University and the actions of those we once chose to honor, but there should be swifter steps in taking a close look across our landscape and being sure we can fully be proud of what we see."

Editorial: It's time to abolish policing within educational institutions

By Caitlyn Yaede | November 1

"This approach of relying on the community is ultimately rooted in abolitionist principles — a set of goals that work to dismantle the prison-industrial complex as it unjustly targets low income communities and communities of color."

The Duke University Chapel on Duke’s West Campus, as photographed in 2017, serves as a symbol of the university.

Column: UNC's settlement distribution from antitrust lawsuit reflects inequity in higher ed

By Josiah Townsend and Rajee Ganesan | October 31

In August, a federal judge approved a $19 million settlement between thousands of faculty members at UNC and Duke to resolve a class-action lawsuit asserting that the two universities colluded not to steal faculty from each other. Duke and UNC allegedly held a “no-poach understanding” that reached back decades. Essentially, each university promised not to steal professors and faculty members from the other. This agreement violates state and federal antitrust laws. Neither Duke nor UNC-Chapel Hill admitted any wrongdoing in the settlements of either lawsuit.

Quiz: Which popular scary movie are you?

By Editorial Board | October 31

With October in full swing and Halloween right around the corner, it's more than the perfect time to snuggle up in your living room and watch the spookiest films ever created.

Column: The blight of historic preservation

By Michael Beauregard | October 31

"While keeping a standard as intricate as Chapel Hill’s historic district would render new projects unattractive to developers, maintaining some sort of form-based code while also allowing denser development could open the door to more affordable housing. By loosening some of our town’s zoning regulations and historic preservation restrictions, we can have a middle ground between gigantic apartment complexes and small, single-family homes."

Column: October is Selective Mutism Awareness Month, so I'm breaking my silence

By Krista Nichols | October 28

"October is Selective Mutism Awareness Month, so I want to address some misconceptions and provide information I wish people had known when I was a kid."

Column: UNC Pauper Players' production of 'Rocky Horror' rose-tinted my world

By Ira Wilder | October 27

The UNC Pauper Players’ production of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," an annual Chapel Hill staple, has sold out four shows this weekend at the Varsity Theatre.

Column: The 1969 Food Workers’ Strike brought labor battle to campus

By Michael Beauregard | October 26

"It's sometimes said that history is a circle; just as workers and students in the 1960s fought against the injustices of their time, workers and students today will do the same. One can only hope that the changes this generation brings about will be permanent."