In next year’s election, you might find yourself picking dozens of judges on an insanely long ballot. Or you might never vote in a multiple candidate judicial election ever again. Legislative... Read More
Editorial by Democracy North Carolina, published in Salisbury Post, October 24, 2017. Does one vote really make a difference in an election? A new study from the nonpartisan shows that in a surprising... Read More
The folks running the General Assembly reached a new low this week in their efforts to dismantle our democracy—-and that is no small feat given their actions in the last few years. Senate Rules... Read More
State Sen. Rick Horner can quip with the best of them. During a recent debate about school construction needs in North Carolina, the Wilson County lawmaker and former school-board chairman argued that... Read More
Arguments wrapped Thursday in a North Carolina lawsuit that aims to change American politics. The case targets partisan gerrymandering in general and North Carolina's current congressional map in... Read More
by Julia Sims and Matthew Burns, WRAL, October 19, 2017. Legislative leaders angrily fired back at Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday over his agreement to settle a federal lawsuit over transgender access to... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 18, 2017. From day to day ... .and from tweet to tweet ... who can tell where Donald Trump stands on health care coverage for the most vulnerable Americans... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, October 18, 2017. The deadly attack at a state prison last week exposed the extremely dangerous conditions inside the walls. Two employees were killed and... Read More
Editorial by The Fayetteville Observer, October 17, 2017. We could call it the Year of the Veto. But it’s probably more accurate to use the longer form: the year when good government was sacrificed... Read More
Is the Rev. William Barber, leader of North Carolina’s Moral Monday protests, going to take the movement to the rest of the country? Beginning in 2013, the Goldsboro minister has led demonstrations... Read More
