No to states’ rights. Yes to a Third Reconstruction.

by Alexander H. Jones | March 26, 2019 | Politics | 0 Comments

"All we ask is to be left alone." -Jefferson Davis This arch traitor and leading contender for Worst American Who Ever Lived, knew what his kind needed to maintain their unjust ideal. To leave the South alone meant, simply, to deprive Southern black Americans of their...

Gerrymandering day

by Thomas Mills | Mar 26, 2019 | Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Today is gerrymandering day at the Supreme Court. The court will hear cases from North Carolina and Maryland to determine whether extreme gerrymanders in redistricting are constitutional or not. In North Carolina, Republican legislators drew districts that gave them a...

No collusion, just corruption. MAGA!

by Thomas Mills | Mar 25, 2019 | 2020 election, Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

The Mueller report finally dropped. The special counsel found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian agents or interests to influence the outcome of the election. Mueller also noted that while he did not find conclusive evidence of obstruction...

More evidence that the UNC Board of Governors is doing Phil Berger’s bidding

by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 22, 2019 | Politics | 0 Comments

Asked about recent turmoil on the UNC Board of Governors, Phil Berger intoned, "the board is making some changes to to the university functions and operates. That's going to result, I think, in some folks not being fully happy with that." Those "folks" encompass...

GOP Continues Crusade Against UNC System

by Kirk Kovach | Mar 22, 2019 | The Kovach Corner | 0 Comments

The GOP is hostile to higher education in North Carolina, doubling down on poor leadership yet again.

In the name of Trump

by Thomas Mills | Mar 22, 2019 | Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Fealty to Donald Trump requires debasing yourself. Ever since Chris Christie went from presidential frontrunner to Trump errand boy, we’ve watched a string of otherwise self-respecting Republicans embarrass themselves to stay in Trumps good graces. It’s not enough...

An Acrimonious Primary

by Kirk Kovach | Mar 21, 2019 | The Kovach Corner | 0 Comments

This race is the Republicans’ to lose, and by all indications so far, they are trying their damndest.

Democrats in NC special elections need to distance themselves from the presidential primary conversation

by Thomas Mills | Mar 21, 2019 | Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

Yesterday, John Hood wrote an analysis of the special elections that will take place this year in North Carolina. He correctly points out that this year is not last. While Democrats had the wind at their backs in 2018 running against an unpopular president, 2019...

Tillis needs to stop the bleeding

by Thomas Mills | Mar 20, 2019 | Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

A poll conducted by ProgressNC Action shows that North Carolinians overwhelmingly support the Mueller investigation and want Senator Thom Tillis to call for the report to be made public when it’s released. Two-thirds of voters say they’ve heard a lot about the...

The most pernicious NC senator

by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 19, 2019 | Politics | 2 Comments

Three Republicans have put forward a proposal that would be extraordinarily destructive. The bill would give our teachers a raise--if they carried firearms in the classroom. All the bill's boosters represent the base-pandering rancidity of the GOP legislature. But the...

Tillis, Graham destroying the village in order to save it

by Thomas Mills | Mar 18, 2019 | Editor's Blog | 0 Comments

First, South Carolina Senator Lindsay Graham blocked a bill to make the Mueller report public that passed the House 420-0. Then this weekend, Donald Trump continued his attacks on John McCain despite the Senator’s death seven months ago. Lindsay Graham, who for years...