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Our opinion: Speak up, young people! Listen, leaders!

Earlier this month, Phoenix Sampson-Young, a senior at Reynolds High School, addressed the Winston-Salem City Council and audience members about extending the Youth Protection Ordinance - um, citywide curfew.

Our opinion: When Democrats and Republicans actually agree

Both Democratic and Republican candidates for N.C. House and N.C. Senate were criticizing the state’s budget process during a forum on Tuesday.

Our opinion: Why not go ahead and vote early?

Remember, your vote is important, and early voting allows you the flexibility to choose a day and time and place that works for you. 

Our opinion: Where could a data center work? How about 300 acres near cigarette plant?

No rezoning would be necessary, and the city of King provides water service for the site.

Our opinion: It's time for NC high schools to move to NFL-style kickoffs, reduce injuries

In the NFL, the kicking team cannot move until the ball is caught or hits the ground.

Our opinion: Let's not wait until things get quiet again

If you are of a certain age and remember 9/11, then you probably remember how quiet it got.

Our Opinion: The meter's ticking: Council gives itself a tight data center window

If 32 months are too long for a data-center moratorium in Greensboro, six months may not be enough.

Another Opinion: GOP congresswoman: Trump is ‘playing with fire’ on immigration

From a Miami Herald editorial:

Our Opinion: The meter's ticking: Council gives itself a tight data center window

If 32 months are too long for a data-center moratorium in Greensboro, six months may not be enough.

Our Opinion: Timeout for data centers

Faced with mounting calls to expand its proposed data center moratorium from four months to 32 months, the Greensboro City Council settled on more than two years less than that — six months — following a second day of public hearings last week.

Another Opinion: ICE body cams: Will we ever see the footage?

From a Las Vegas Review-Journal editorial:

Another Opinion: ICE body cams: Will we ever see the footage?

From an editorial in the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

Our Opinion: State versus UNC and other good stuff

And now for some good news …

Our Opinion: 'Let’s go ahead and shoot for the stars'

Somewhere, Sam Snead must be smiling.

Another Opinion: RFK’s anti-vax crusade is cause for his removal

From a New York Daily News editorial:

Our Opinion: South Elm Street: Expect delays ahead

Upon further review, the plan to close off a portion of South Elm Street in downtown Greensboro to vehicular traffic has been delayed ... for further review.

Our Opinion: More data needed: Greensboro council changes its mind on a moratorium

Happy, shiny people holding hands.

Our Opinion: The day our faucets ran dry

As a wise philosopher once put it, “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.”

Our Opinion: Greensboro's City Council needs leadership, not an enforcer

The gloves are off.

Another Opinion: All Americans lose from Trump’s vendetta on TPS

From a New York Daily News editorial:

Our Opinion: Data center divide is a trust problem

That’s why a formal moratorium on data centers is both necessary and appropriate.

Our Opinion: Data center divide is a trust problem

Knowing full well in advance that they didn’t have the numbers, four members of the Greensboro City Council called last week for a vote on a data center moratorium anyway.

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Our Opinion: A downtown fit for human beings

You can tell from its gaping thoroughfares and overly abundant surface parking lots that downtown Greensboro was designed with cars in mind, not people.

Our Opinion: Heatwave endangers workers in North Carolina

No one is immune from the twin miseries of Southern discomfort — heat and humidity — that have gripped most of the state and seem reluctant to let go.

Our Opinion: Teen takeover takeaway: We are not alone

While Winston-Salem may have braced for the worst during the holiday weekend, it was Raleigh that bore the brunt of bored teens looking for a good time in all the wrong places.

Our Opinion: Reality bites a Shark Tanker

Amid the headlines last week about triple-digit temperatures, the Reflecting Pool, Taylor and Travis' allegedly low-key nuptials and Donald Trump’s billion-dollar earnings, you may have missed this nugget about one of the stars of TV’s “Shark Tank”:

Editorial: Can Washington trust Moscow?

Russia’s war against Ukraine has become a test of American judgment. This weekend, Russian strikes in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 20 people, including children, according to Ukrainian officials. At the same time, President Donald Trump called for Ukraine to get a new president, arguing that Volodymyr Zelenskyy has failed to make a deal with Moscow. The timing matters. Trump ...

Our Opinion: As the holiday weekend begins, a teen curfew faces its first big test

Greensboro and Winston-Salem are hoping for the best and bracing for the worst one year after each saw violent incidents on July 4 in 2025.

Another opinion: Trump's right: Lots of killing is going on in Chicago

From a Chicago Tribune editorial:

Our Opinion: Despite ACC snubs, Greensboro remains resilient

In a bittersweet return to tradition (at least sort of) the ACC men’s basketball tournament will return to Greensboro next March and in 2029 as well. Make no mistake, this is a good thing, but please excuse us for not having a parade.

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