Freedom Focus
Freedom Focus
True Morality is Not Found in a Government Program
Far too many equate compassion and morality with government programs. Here's why they're wrong.
William Barber II
civil rights leader from North Carolina
Research Brief
Regulation
Left-Leaning Advocacy Group Still Operating in N.C. Despite Three Years of Noncompliance
North Carolina has strict laws dictating how charities and nonprofits can solicit funds. In order for a charity or nonprofit to raise money in North Carolina, it must file and…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
New Carolina Journal Online Features
Carolina Journal Online reports on the Rev. William Barber’s ongoing court fight over a 2017 trespass charge at the state Legislative Building. Ray Nothstine’s CJ Opinion explains why the N.C.…
Elections & Public Integrity
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson: notion that black people can’t figure out how to get a ID is “insulting”
North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson recently announced that he would not run for US Senate in 2022, but his testimony today before the US House Subcommittee on the Constitution,…
Research Brief
Health Care
COVID-19 and racial disparities: What the research says
As the country continues to focus on COVID-19, there seems to be more information that is revealed every day. Some of it is contradictory, and some of it is difficult…
Education
Martin Center column focuses on commencements and politics in the UNC System
Magdalene Horzempa writes for the Martin Center about an example of the UNC System’s struggle to maintain political neutrality. The law states that colleges should aspire to “institutional neutrality,” where…
Liberty
Rev. Barber cashes in
Whoever said it doesn’t pay to lead weekly Moral Monday protests outside the General Assembly was dead wrong—the Rev. William Barber–longtime political activist and former head of state NAACP–has been…
Liberty
How tariffs harm the poor
Not long ago I wrote about how tariffs are like minimum-wage laws: they're both policies based in bad economics, well outside the mainstream of economic thought. They're also (and for…
Liberty
Do Religion and Politics Mix?
Should ministers pray for President Trump? Rev. William Barber told MSNBC: “It is a form of theological malpractice that borders on heresy when you can p-r-a-y for a president and…
Liberty
Rev. Barber’s press gaggle
CJ reports on yesterday’s ‘anything but quiet’ budget rollout in the General Assembly. Who’s making the noise? You guessed it—Rev. William Barber, not quite riding off into the sunset. Here’s…
Liberty
Cooper pulling ahead….
Latest from the North Carolina’s hotly-contested governor’s race: As of Friday afternoon, the State Board of Elections had Attorney General Roy Cooper with a 6,600-vote lead over Gov. Pat McCrory,…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Diane Ravitch echo chamber coming to town
The Network for Public Education, a radical left-wing advocacy organization founded by Diane Ravitch and Anthony Cody, will hold its third annual meeting in Raleigh this weekend. The conference theme…