August 24, 2025
Alan Buis
Chatham/North Carolina
Civil Rights
Education
Carolina Public Press: NC Lags in Civic Engagement. Gaps in Civics Learning Part of the Problem.
Carolina Public Press: Amid Other Teaching Priorities and Political Tensions, NC Civics Lessons Not Being Absorbed
Carolina Public Press: How Civics Education Could Stage a Comeback in NC
NC Newsline: NC Lawmakers Have Yet To Pass a Full Budget, Leaving School Districts in Limbo
The Assembly NC: St. Augustine’s To Keep Accreditation While Litigation Continues
The Assembly NC: The Summer UNC-Chapel Hill Turned Pretty
WRAL: State Superintendent Mo Green Presents Strategic 37-Page Plan for North Carolina’s Public Schools
Elections
Associated Press: North Carolina Updates More Than 20,000 Voter Records, Seeks More ID Numbers
NOTUS: North Carolina Democrats Brace for More Republican Efforts to Limit Voting Access
WFAE: North Carolina Begins Mailing Notices To Fix Voter Registrations
Federal Budget Cuts
WUNC: Q&A: Researchers Warn Proposed NIH Cuts Could Cost War; NC’s Research Triangle Over $1 Billion
Health Care
Axios Raleigh: The NC startup building an AI tool to appeal health insurance denials
Carolina Forward: Rising Premiums Threaten Families, Hospitals, and Communities Across NC
NC Health News: Double-digit increases predicted on ACA marketplace insurance plans for 2026
NC Newsline: Medicaid Rate Cuts Will Cost State Providers $1.1 Billion, NCDHHS Says
NC Newsline: NC State Employee and Teacher Reps Say Health Insurance Increases Will Hurt Worker Retention
WRAL: Triangle at the Epicenter of Proposed Cuts To Federal Funding for Medical Research
Hurricane Helene
WRAL: FEMA Approves Some Helene Funding for NC, But Stein Says Millions More Are Being Held Up
Kamala Harris
WRAL: Kamala Harris Brings Book Tour to DPAC
LGBTQ
NC Health News: Atrium Health Halts Gender-Affirming Care for Patients Under Age 19, Leaving Some Families Scrambling
The Assembly NC: Democrats’ Dilemma on Trans Issues
Redistricting
WUNC: North Carolina Gerrymandering Case Led To Redistricting Battle in Texas, and Perhaps Beyond
WUNC: Trump Prompted a Battle Over Voting Maps. Here’s How Redistricting Affects Voters.
Town Halls in NC
WUNC: NC town halls are hard to find
Tribal Recognition
The Assembly NC: After Trump Directive, Feds Send Lumbee Back To Congress for Recognition
U.S. Supreme Court
NCAT.EDU: US Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson To Speak at A&T in Greensboro Sept. 3
U.S./International
Climate Change
Washington Post (Gift Article): Trump Rolls Back Rules Meant To Keep Politics Out of Climate Research
Democratic Party
Politico: The ‘woke’ words Democrats should cut from their vocabulary
DEI
NY Times: On Politics: Culture Clash
Economy
Axios: Job Market Gloom Hasn’t Been This Bad Since the Great Recession
NY Times: The Evening: Trump Demands a Fed Governor Resign
Politico: Fed’s Powell opens door to rate cut, citing job market risks
Education
The Hill: Opinion: There Are No Entry-Level Jobs Anymore. What Now?
The Hill: Trump Ignores Legacy Admissions in Push for College ‘Fairness’
Washington Post (Gift Article): Education Department Quietly Removes Rules for Teaching English Learners
Elections
Associated Press: Trump Moves To Use the Levers of Presidential Power To Help His Party in the 2026 Midterms
Ballotpedia: Election Results, 2024: Analysis of Rejected Ballots
CNN Politics: Fact check: Trump falsely claims US is only country that uses mail-in voting
Equis: Memo: Summer 2025 Latino PulseCheck
NY Times: The Morning: How We Vote
NY Times (Gift Article): The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis
NY Times (Gift Article): Opinion: We Can Disagree on Trump’s Motives. But a Pattern is Still Emerging.
Environment
NY Times (Gift Article): Environmental Groups Face ‘Generational’ Setbacks Under Trump
Epstein Files
CNN: Takeaways from the Ghislane Maxwell-Justice Department Interview
Politico: Why the Epstein drama isn’t going away anytime soon
Politico: Ghislaine Maxwell, who wants a pardon, says she never saw Trump ‘in any inappropriate setting’
Federal Budget
Politico: The GOP’s big problem in selling the ‘big, beautiful bill’
Health Care
ABC News: 750 HHS Employees Send Signed Letter to RFK Jr. Asking Him To Stop Spreading Misinformation
Associated Press: At Least 600 CDC Employees Are Getting Final Termination Notices, Union Says
NOTUS: HHS Staff Pen Open Letter to Demand RFK Jr. Stop Spreading ‘False and Misleading’ Info
ProPublica: How Many Federal Health Workers Have RFK Jr. and the Trump Administration Cut?
Immigration
CNN: Trump Administration Might Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda
Politico: Poll suggests Trump’s ICE raids are backfiring in California
USA Today: Army base used in WWII Japanese internment now key for ICE detention
J.D. Vance
Politico: JD Vance’s Tour in Iraq Taught Him His Government Lies
Justice
Politico: FBI searches ex-national security adviser John Bolton’s house in Maryland
Law Enforcement
Redistricting
Politico: How California Bluffed Its Way Into a Redistricting War With Trump
The Hill: Texas State Senators Take First Step Toward Redistricting
The Independent: Speaker Johnson Vows To Stop California’s Redistricting Push – But Ignores Texas Doing the Same
Vanity Fair: Arnold Schwarzenegger Is Ready To Take On Gavin Newsom
Tariffs
Axios: Companies Can’t Hold the Line on Prices Much Longer
Trump Presidency
Axios: Behind the Curtain: Influencing Trump
CNBC: Trump Half-Billion-Dollar Civil Fraud Fine Overturned By New York Appeals Court
MSN: White House Hands Down Loyalty Ratings for Hundreds of Companies
NY Times: On Politics: The Fight With Democrats Trump Wants Now
NY Times: The Evening: Trump’s Half-Billion-Dollar Fine Thrown Out
NY Times: The Evening: F.B.I. Searches Trump Critic’s House
Ukraine
Axios: Putin Made Maximalist Claims To Ukrainian Territory in Trump Summit: Sources
NBC News: Ukraine and Allies Left Scrambling as Trump Shifts Toward Putin After Alaska Summit
NBC News: Russia's foreign minister says no Putin-Zelenskyy summit planned despite Trump's peace push
NY Times: The Evening: Trump Hosts Zelensky and European Leaders
NY Times: The Morning: A United Front?
NY Times: The Evening: No U.S. Troops in Ukraine, Trump Says
The Guardian: Starmer Describes Ukraine Talks as ‘Good and Constructive’ – As It Happened
Time: Trump Falls For Europe’s Charm Offensive