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Kevin Siers

Siers cartoon: HB2 Echo Chamber

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The story behind two I-77 toll bills (and a possible $300 million penalty for Charlotte)

Tricia Cotham and Charles Jeter filed separate bills canceling North Carolina’s I-77 toll roads contract with Cintra, thanks to a disagreement over whether Charlotte might get left holding the bill.

Letters to the Editor

Observer Forum: Letters to the editor 04.27.16

No room for N.Y. criticism on HB2

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We are about to make a mistake on the $10 bill

Lucy Stone is about to be left off the $10 bill, mainly because she didn’t promote herself the way Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton did.

Opinion

3 things N.C. can do for schools: Revisit an important teacher perk

The legislative short session, which begins Monday, gives lawmakers a new chance to strengthen schools. The Observer editorial board offers three items that should be on their checklists. Our second:

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One small step for man, one tiny crawl afterwards

Last week, China announced plans to land a rover on Mars by 2020. Russia’s space agency is working with the European Space Agency. Every major world power has interest in Mars. Like 1961, when Russia first rocketed Yuri Gagarin into orbit and the U.S. was afraid that Russians would beat us with the first man on the Moon, the race is on.

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With Trump campaign advisor, East meets West

When democracy arrived in the eastern half of Europe a quarter century ago, imported from the West, it did not come in its purest form. Of course the West loaned the East quite a few constitutional lawyers and idealists. But on the heels of the idealists arrived another crowd of "experts": spin doctors, masters of negative campaigning and public relations firms who had honed their craft in U.S. elections and were more than willing to sell their expertise in the East.

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Women face new form of work harassment

The trolls were horrid to her while she was alive. And they continued to be awful after her death.

Viewpoint

The Buzz 04.27.16

Charlotte’s road to world-class just took a detour through Mississippi.

Opinion

With HB 2, N.C. is a ‘Rip Van Winkle state’ – again

I see the discriminatory behavior against gays that prompted HB 2 in North Carolina.

Editorials

Do poor people vote? Not nearly enough

Bernie Sanders is taking fire for saying that he’s losing to Hillary Clinton in states with severe wealth gaps because “poor people don’t vote.”

Editorial Cartoons

McClatchy editorial cartoons for the week of April 25, 2016

Visual views from our award-winning McClatchy cartoonists

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Dennis Hastert deserves prison time

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert appears before a federal judge Wednesday. He deserves the maximum prison time he can get after having improper sexual contact with five boys.

Opinion

Tempest in an N.C. toilet

Out of the potty mouths of billionaires sometimes comes potty sense. This was the case last week with Donald Trump, who weighed in on HB 2 and which bathrooms transgender people should use in North Carolina.

Viewpoint

Domestic violence: When your body is the evidence

A question to consider during Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Why do some domestic abuse victims wait so long to disclose the incident?

Letters to the Editor

Observer Forum: Letters to the editor 04.26.16

A Christian state looks like this?

Kevin Siers

Siers cartoon: NC & bathroom privacy

Opinion

A way to make football safer without making football different

In today’s NFL, players use the helmets as weapons, not just as protection. There’s a way to change that and lessen concussions and perhaps CTE.

You Write the Caption

Your new caption challenge: April 25, 2016

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one. Winner will receive a print of the cartoon with the caption on it. To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

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3 things N.C. can do for schools: Explore a controversial pilot program

The legislative short session, which begins Monday, gives lawmakers a new chance to strengthen schools. The Observer editorial board offers three items that should be on their checklists. Our third:

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The story behind two I-77 toll bills (and a possible $300 million penalty for Charlotte)

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With HB 2, N.C. is a ‘Rip Van Winkle state’ – again

You Write the Caption

Your new caption challenge: April 25, 2016

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3 things N.C. can do for schools: Revisit an important teacher perk

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3 things N.C. can do for schools: Explore a controversial pilot program

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