In a Private Park in North Carolina, Confederate Statues Are Rising Again NYT | Top Stories By: Anna Venarchik 7 October 2025 at 23:35 A state law limits what can happen to a Confederate statue after it is removed. Valor Memorial, a private park, has become a destination for some. © Travis Dove for The New York TimesValor Memorial was created after the social justice protests of 2020, when many municipalities around the country removed Confederate statues from public spaces.
How to Beat an Autocrat at the Ballot Box NYT | Opinion By: David Shimer 2 October 2025 at 13:00 Authoritarians have lost elections before, and they will again.
This Town’s Minerals Make A.I. Possible. Then Came Hurricane Helene. NYT | Opinion By: Kate Crawford, Ryan S. Jeffery and Adam Westbrook 26 September 2025 at 17:00 Spruce Pine, N.C., supplies the world’s highest-purity quartz, a mineral that keeps the A.I. revolution afloat. What are the consequences?