August 2024

What Lee Roberts’ Interim Months Tell Us About How He’ll Lead UNC-Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts speaks at the UNC Board of Trustees meeting on May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera)

The well-connected finance executive has been named the next chancellor. Here’s what people have made of his eight-month tenure as interim.

North Carolina’s $55 Million Olympic Dream

The USA field hockey team uses the US Performance Center in Charlotte. (Travis Dove for The Assembly)

Top legislators quietly allocated large state grants to attract Olympic organizations to the Charlotte area, with little to show for it.

Can $150 Million Transform Early Childhood Education in Guilford County?

Pre-K students participating in Books On Break. (Photo by Doug Jackson)

A collective effort supported by $150 million in private investment and philanthropic organizations aims to transform early childhood education.

For the Tuscarora, Recognition Has Been A 40-Year Fight

Cecil Hunt, chairman of the Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina. (Cornell Watson for The Assembly)

The Tuscarora people want official state recognition as a tribe, but centuries of history and politics stand in their way.

Coming of Age

Cake on display at a quinceañera. (GDA via AP Images)

North Carolina’s Latino population is growing and changing—and so are expectations for the food served at quinceañeras.