Senseless changes
Editorial in Greensboro News and Record, July 25, 2013. The legislative debate this week about sweeping changes to our voting system had an Alice-in-Wonderland quality. Every serious question posed by... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Last days of legislative session, lasting damage
Editorial in News and Observer, July 25, 2013. If lawmaking is really like sausage making, what’s happening in Raleigh this week deserves a raid by a political version of the USDA. Republicans in... Read More
A tale of two governors
The political stench coming from our own state has overwhelmed the one coming from the Commonwealth to our north. However, we should pay attention. There’s a cautionary tale playing out up there. A... Read More
Eugenics plan can redeem North Carolina's honor
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 24, 2013. There are a few unanswered questions about North Carolina's despicable eugenics program and who will be compensated for having been forcibly... Read More
N.C. budget restructures environmental regulation commissions
Daniel Blustein, News and Observer, Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2013 The budget before the legislature this week would make significant changes to two commissions that adopt environmental regulations in North... Read More
Of Gerrymandered Districts and Political Extremes
Tom Edsall, a longtime political writer for the Washington Post, recently wrote an online column for the New York Times entitled, "Has the GOP Gone Off the Deep End?" The piece was no meandering... Read More
GOP voting changes will turn back N.C. turnout
This week the Republicans in the state Senate have revealed a proposal to dramatically shorten the early voting period and eliminate the ability to register when early voting. If this legislation... Read More
What’s the Matter With North Carolina?
North Carolina is proving itself to be the poster child for all that is wrong with modern American democracy and—with thanks to Moral Mondays—also highlighting all that may someday save it. Once a... Read More
Civitas poll shows unfavorable responses to politicians and Barber
A new Civitas Flash Poll indicates that as the General Assembly’s Long Session nears its close, voters have an ambivalent view of individuals and parties involved in North Carolina politics. Only... Read More
Slash, prevaricate, repeat
Governor Pat McCrory broke a campaign promise and told a whopper Tuesday as he signed a massive tax cut for corporations and millionaires that slashes billions in funding for state government. It was... Read More
