by Thomas Mills | Aug 23, 2019 | Editor's Blog
ShareDonald Trump is coming to North Carolina again. This time, he’s coming to rally the troops for Sen. Dan Bishop in the special election in NC-09. Last time he was in the state, he drew national attention when the crowd started chanting “Send her back!” after he...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 22, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Immigration
ShareI grew up hearing conservatives insist that their opposition to integration was not about racism. It was about states’ rights. They argued that the federal government had no business telling states how to manage themselves. They routinely claimed the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 21, 2019 | Death Penalty, Editor's Blog
ShareAcross the country, states are abolishing the death penalty. With the exception of a few states like Texas and Tennessee, executions are extremely rare. Officially, 21 states have abolished capital punishment but numerous others have de facto moratoriums....
by Thomas Mills | Aug 20, 2019 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog
ShareMark Halperin, a very prominent journalist who got caught in the #MeToo movement, is set to release a book called “How to Beat Trump: America’s Top Political Strategists on What It Will Take.” He interviewed 75 Democratic strategists and the blow back has been...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 19, 2019 | Editor's Blog
ShareThe New York Times launched an ambitious and controversial series of essays called the 1619 Project. 1619 is the year African slaves arrived in Virginia and began the legacy of slavery that has haunted the country ever since. The 1619 Projects contends...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 16, 2019 | Editor's Blog, Politics
ShareOn September 10, North Carolina will hold two special elections for Congress. In NC-03, Republican state Representative Greg Murphy faces Democrat Allen Thomas to replace Walter Jones, Jr. who died earlier this year. In NC-09, Republican State Senator Dan Bishop...
by Kirk Kovach | Aug 15, 2019 | PODCAST
ShareToday in the Daily Perspective: the state budget is still in a deadlock over Medicaid expansionCooper leads Republican challengers in the latest Civitas pollBiden still leads the field of Democrats vying for the presidential...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 14, 2019 | Editor's Blog
ShareJonathan Capehart, an African American columnist for the Washington Post, recently wrote about an annual family reunion his family holds in Severn in northeastern North Carolina. This year, Capehart used the experience to take the pulse of black Democrats in the...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 13, 2019 | Editor's Blog
ShareLast week, Congressman Joaquin Castro, brother of presidential candidate Julian Castro, released the names of people who contributed to Donald Trump’s campaign. Critics screamed that Castro was “doxing” Trump supporters. The Civitas Institute says Castro is...
by Thomas Mills | Aug 12, 2019 | Editor's Blog
ShareThis morning The Atlantic published an article about the transfer of millions of acres of land from African-Americans to corporations in Mississippi. It comes on the heels of a story published in the New Yorker by ProPublica writer Lizzie Presser about black...
GET UPDATES
Get the latest posts from PoliticsNC delivered right to your inbox!
You have Successfully Subscribed!