For all the understandable attention devoted to removing the Confederate flag from the South Carolina State House, a civil rights struggle with far more practical consequences is playing out one state... Read More
An expert testified Friday that state Republican legislators intentionally crafted North Carolina’s election law in a way that would disproportionately burden black and Hispanic voters, a charge... Read More
Texas, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New York, and North Carolina are in an exclusive club. Can you guess its membership policy? I’m not talking about these states’ contributions to the recent fields... Read More
Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, July 18, 2015. Demonstrations were staged in cities across North Carolina on Thursday, including Greenville, calling on Gov. Pat McCrory to produce a plan for... Read More
North Carolina will hold its 2016 presidential primary on March 15 under a deal struck by House and Senate leaders late Friday. The tentative measure, which guts the material dealing with paper... Read More
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 19, 2015. While state legislators took a summer vacation, Gov. Pat McCrory continued to push for needed bond projects. The lawmakers returned to Raleigh last... Read More
Editorial by Asheville Citizen-Times, July 17, 2015. Massive changes regarding how people vote in North Carolina may have resulted in fewer minorities in the state being able to participate in... Read More
Donald Trump is part of a long and shameful tradition in American politics. Our history is full of cynical and vicious demagogues who exploit the fears and frustrations of voters by blaming foreigners... Read More
Good luck trying to figure out where Governor Pat McCrory actually stands on expanding Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and providing health care coverage for 500,000 low income adults in North... Read More
The victors of war write its history in order to cast themselves in the most favorable light. That explains the considerable historical ignorance about our war of 1861 and panic over the Confederate... Read More
