by WorldTribune Staff, November 26, 2018 North Carolina State University announced that it will shut down its Chinese government-funded Confucius Institute by June of next year. There are more than 100 Confucius Institutes on U.S. college campuses. The institutes teach a Chinese Communist Party-approved version of Chinese culture and history which ignores concerns over human […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 25, 2018 The personal finance website WalletHub recently released its rankings for the worst big cities in the United States. Of the 150 cities ranked, 15 of the bottom 16 are currently run by Democrats and have been for decades. “Democrats who’ve run these cities cling to the notion that government […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 23, 2018 Saying that his county has become a drug hub fueled by Mexican cartels, a North Carolina sheriff announced plans for the county to re-engage with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a report said. Alamance County Sheriff Terry Johnson told county commissioners on Nov. 19 that he is rejoining the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 18, 2018 Shifting demographics have relegated Republicans to the endangered species list in metropolitan areas in red states. One notable example is Charlotte, North Carolina. “The ground is shifting beneath” urban Republicans, Eric Heberlig, a political scientist at UNC Charlotte told the Charlotte Observer. Statewide, the North Carolina Democratic Party broke […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 11, 2018 Immigration activists are pushing the newly-elected sheriff in Wake County, North Carolina to follow through on his vow to end the county’s cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Gerald Baker, a Democrat who defeated incumbent Republican Donnie Harrison, said Wake County’s involvement with the federal 287(g) program will […]
by WorldTribune Staff, November 2, 2018 Wake County Schools in North Carolina has proposed giving students the day off on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Eid al-Fitr, a three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan, may be recognized as a teacher work day in Wake County Schools’ traditional calendar for 2020-21, the Raleigh News […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 30, 2018 A booming tech hub near Raleigh is only one reason venture funding for startups in North Carolina have reached $2.57 billion so far in 2018, a report said. The 2018 numbers are up 154 percent from 2017 ($1.01 billion) and a whopping 400 percent from 2013, when startups in […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 12, 2018 A Turkish judge on Oct. 12 ordered American pastor Andrew Brunson be released and sentenced to time served. Brunson was arrested in October 2016 and was detained for 18 months before being charged by the Turkish government with being connected to outlawed Kurdish groups and opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 11, 2018 A professor at the University of North Carolina has nominated Dr. Christine Blasey Ford to receive the university’s distinguished alumna award. Jennifer Ho, a professor in UNC’s Department of English and Comparative Literature, said in a letter nominating Ford that “What Dr. Blasey Ford did on September 27, 2018 […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 10, 2018 A UNC-Asheville English professor has been charged with stealing political signs, including some reading “Drain the Swamp” and “Vote Republican,” a report said. Dr. Amanda Wray, an associate professor in the university’s English Department, turned herself in on Oct. 7 at the Buncombe County Detention Facility, according to a […]
