pandemic

When Governor Cooper, NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Mandy Cohen, and others go before the television cameras to give North Carolinians a COVID-19 update, the Cooper…

Apparently, what’s good for a 5-year-old in a public school kindergarten class is much different than what’s good for a 4-year-old in a state-run preschool program. At last count,…

As the COVID-19 pandemic has worn on and shutdowns have crippled local economies, it has become abundantly clear that the impacts have not been felt equally. Some have been fortunate…

During the last week in March, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (DPI) conducted a survey to measure the state’s migration to remote learning, that is, the use of…

As I noted in a previous research brief, COVID-19 presents many difficult challenges for North Carolina’s criminal justice system. How can we prevent the disease from running rampant in…

Most Americans are currently under a stay-at-home order to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. But in a matter of days and weeks, some U.S. governors will…

The North Carolina’s response to coronavirus continues as the state remains under a stay-at-home order. No one knows how long the stay-at-home orders will stay in effect or how long…

Gov. Cooper’s stay-at-home executive order had a “spoonful of loophole” that let any businesses, nonprofit, or educational institution remain open provided it could “meet Social Distancing Requirement” between its…

The COVID-19 pandemic has readjusted many of our priorities. The country is pulling together for a common goal: to “flatten the curve.” Many are putting their jobs, careers, education, and…

It’s not just cruise ships. The danger of a catastrophic COVID-19 outbreak is acute at any institution where large numbers of people live or work in close proximity, and that…