by Thomas Mills | Jun 14, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareThis weekend, a Republican asked why I believed pro-segregationist Democrats became Republicans in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. Well, because it’s true. I’m not just a student of history, I’m a product of a rural North Carolina county that is half-Black...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 11, 2021 | Economy, Editor's Blog
ShareWe’ve now got a solid ten years of Republican rule in North Carolina and we can do some comparing. The GOP likes to portray North Carolina as a struggling state that had difficulty attracting industry and good paying jobs because of its lousy business climate. In...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 9, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareUp in Surry County, the local GOP leadership is making fools of itself. The county board of commissioners passed a ban on Coke machines on county property to show those bigwigs down in Atlanta that they weren’t taking lightly the company’s opposition to Georgia’s...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 7, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareHere’s my unpopular opinion for the week: Democrats should concede on voter ID and work to make them as accessible as possible and to make exceptions for those who have extreme difficulty getting them. Republicans are using voter ID as a screen and it’s...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 4, 2021 | Editor's Blog
ShareA top scientist turned down a job at UNC-CH because the Board of Trustees refused to offer tenure to Nikole Hannah-Jones. Lisa Jones, a prominent chemist, turned down an offer at UNC, writing, “The news this week that Nikole Hannah-Jones was denied tenure was...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 2, 2021 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights
ShareYesterday, a group of 100 scholars issued a statement saying that our democracy is at risk. This weekend, Texas tried to pass a voter suppression law that would restrict access to the ballot and allow officials to overturn election results based on accusations of...
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