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This article is Part 2 of a series that examines the policy prescriptions coming from the left-wing group Carolina Forward. With North Carolina at a crossroads, it’s a good time…
Angela Rachidi scrutinizes a government policy to pay new mothers. Michigan has become an unlikely testing ground for debates over universal basic income programs. Since 2024, new mothers participating in…
Our state lies at a crossroads, with competing visions for the public policies that would best benefit its citizens into the future. As one of the most rapidly growing states…
RALEIGH — The John Locke Foundation and its publication, Carolina Journal, are proud to announce several leadership updates and welcome a new member to the Locke team. Locke Executive Vice…
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online highlights once huge problems that appear to have been resolved. They are big and consequential, and strike me as a better record for incumbent…
A national think tank recently rated all fifty states on election policy. North Carolina scored relatively well, but it was among the states that still have “room for improvement.” There…
Ian Rowe, Brad Wilcox, and Grant Bailey highlight the importance of family structure in determining students’ academic success. The federal government collects a wealth of data to help us understand…
As the late Nobel prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek once wrote, all economies are planned. Buying, selling, saving, investing, and all other activities are the result of someone’s plan. As…
North Carolina’s General Assembly is unusually strong compared with the legislatures of other states. So, it is especially damaging when entrenched legislative leaders stymie legislation, including state budgets, as part…
Nicholas Eberstadt writes for the American Enterprise Institute about a demographic challenge for America’s future. Can America continue to prosper, even if our country veers into an indefinite depopulation? The…
Chris Bray writes for the Federalist about lessons Americans should learn from a high-profile, high-dollar California government boondoggle. After decades of effort and $15 billion in spending, California’s plan to…
Brianna Lyman of the Federalist digs into the Virginia governor’s interest in affordability for the American people. “Is the president working to make life more affordable for you and your…