NC Spin Articles


Trump's voter mobilization strategy

Much has been made about the role that white voters will play in this year’s election, especially those without a college education who are seen as the backbone of Donald Trump's support. With the...    Read More

August 15, 2016



Lesser evils

Let Hillary pack the Supreme Court, Tom said, and the country’s kaput. And that’s the way he sees it: Voting for Hillary’s wrong. Voting for Trump’s wrong. But voting for Trump is less wrong...    Read More

August 15, 2016

The follies

The falling credibility of the McCrory Administration in drinking water scandal The McCrory Administration has a big problem on its hands—and so do people living near leaking coal ash ponds who are...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   August 15, 2016

Legislators rebuked yet again

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 14, 2016. Shortly after Republicans took control of the General Assembly in the 2010 elections, Sen. Bob Rucho of Mecklenburg County was put in charge of...    Read More

August 15, 2016


North Carolina is protecting drinking water

Recent media stories and editorials have given support to the questionable and inconsistent scientific conclusions reached by toxicologist Ken Rudo and have created unnecessary fear and confusion...    Read More

August 15, 2016

Gerrymandering by race fails a court test

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 15, 2016. The architects of the current maps of General Assembly districts billed them as complying with the law and the Constitution, saying they fully...    Read More

August 15, 2016

NC's voter registration upheaval (2012-1016)

While talking heads say North Carolina is going from a reliably red state to a purple or blue state, the reality on the ground in North Carolina actually looks different. Although North Carolina may...    Read More

August 15, 2016