- North Carolina’s Best Economic Investment by Julia Hawes
- Private Education at Public Expense by Matthew Ellinwood
- New State Policies: More Problems, Less Progress by Elaine Mejia, Senior Program Associate at Public Works: The Dēmos Center for the Public Sector
- “Vending Machine” Government Abandons the Common Good by Alexandra Forter Sirota
- What Happened to NC’s Education Savior? By Matthew Ellinwood
- Including Excluded Communities by Peter Gilbert, UNC’s Center for Civil Rights
- The Attempted Takeover of Health Care Reform in NC by Adam Linker
- North Carolina’s Mental Health Mess by Vicki Smith, Disability Rights NC
- Better Health Care for Older North Carolinians by Nicole Dozier
- A Safe Place to Call Home by Julia Hawes
- The Unvarnished Numbers by Chris Fitzsimon
- The Aftermath of the 2011 Legislative Session by Rob Schofield
- 2011 Defenders of Justice Awards