Monday Numbers
February 8th, 2010
100,000----number of immigrant parents of U.S. citizen children who have been deported from the United States in the last ten years. (Facing our Future: Children in the Aftermath of Immigration Enforcement, Urban Institute. January 2010.)
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Special Features
- Study: NC Voters More Independent, Urban and Non-White
- Ten Years after Promise, NC’s Student Achievement Gap Persists
- Employee Free Choice Act is a critical step to help North Carolina workers
- Jobs-Centered Development: The Need for a New Approach
- Blue Cross Anti-Reform Postcards – Strike Back
- State budget drops to lowest level in 13 years after accounting for inflation and population changes
The Follies
by Chris Fitzsimon
Needed: A fair federal jobs policy
by Ajamu Dillahunt
The danger of misreading a report
by Chris Fitzsimon
Fixing North Carolina transportation policy
by Stephen Jackson
Missteps in the march to resegregation
by Chris Fitzsimon
Radio
State Rep. Rick Glazier on ethics reform and repairing NC’s economy
The NAACP’s Rev.William Barber previews the 4th Annual Historic Thousands on Jones St.
Anita Brown-Graham on creative thinking and the Emerging Issues Forum
House Speaker Joe Hackney on ethics, the budget shortfall, and tax reform
Anne Burke of Urban Ministries on the growing needs in Wake County
Mark Holmes of the NC Institute of Medicine on improving adolescent health
Rep. Bob Etheridge on job creation, health care, and banking reform
The NC Justice Center’s Stephen Jackson on NC’s achievement gap
Food Bank President Peter Werbicki on the changing face of hunger in NC
John Dornan of the Public School Forum with the Top Education issues of 2010
The Progressive Pulse - an NC Policy Watch Blog
- Shameless hypocrisy - Rob Schofield
- Neighborhood Schools in Wake Would Cause Massive Overcrowding, Concentrations of Poor Students - Stephen Jackson
- Maybe the free market could regulate our nuclear weapons program. - Adam Linker
- Lunch links - Adam Linker
- What if we find the Fountain of Youth first? - Adam Linker
- Top of the morning - Chris Fitzsimon
- Getting creative about job creation - Clayton Henkel
- North Carolina Republican Party posts anti-Medicare ad - Adam Linker
Daily News
Partisans relish Round 2 Editorial: Parents speak Worker: School banned Spanish Price’s bill aims at non-military contractors Democrat to run against Kissell Editorial: Hagan cozies up Kay Hagan on gridlock and the economy Republicans buoyant as candidate filing opens Editorial: Piecemeal reports on Titan’s impact inadequate Struggle with bank drags on past a year Privatization of state’s ABC system is risky business Long-term jobless fight rejection, fear, despair N.C. examining cigarette stamps again to deter smuggling Donations to universities plunge Editorial: Top issue for 2010 - jobs The goose that lays WNC’s economic egg is struggling ABC managers not drunk on salaries NAACP rally to highlight job losses The cost of college: As more students apply for aid, funding pool may shrink Sweepstakes cafes on the rise in Rocky Mount
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