by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 16, 2020 | Politics
ShareIn a path breaking act of penitence, the Asheville city council voted 7-0 to provide reparations to Black community members. The legacy of slavery is active in Asheville, as it is in the rest of the state. Given that Asheville produced some of the more racially...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 13, 2020 | Politics
ShareCritics of Governor Cooper sometimes snarkily ask why, if he thinks corporate tax cuts are a mistake, he awards incentives to industrial prospects. Facially, it’s a clever point. If reducing a company’s tax liability sparks the creation of jobs, even...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2020 | Politics
ShareDespite a slew victories in 2018, North Carolina Democrats remain in an unenviable place. Their Republican foes control a majority of the Council of State, both US Senate seats, and large majorities in the state’s Congressional delegation and state...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 30, 2020 | Politics
ShareArkansas Senator Tom Cotton has carved out a unique niche in the landscape of Trump-era conservatism: the intellectual bomb-thrower. A Harvard graduate and former fellow at the esteemed Claremont Institute, he has developed a split persona as right-wing policy...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 25, 2020 | Politics
ShareSince the boiling cauldron of the 1960’s reawakened an assertive religiously conservative faction, social conservatism has played a potent role in North Carolina and American politics. Politicians such as Jesse Helms, Richard Nixon and George W. Bush rode...
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