Editor’s Blog | PoliticsNC

The legacy of Silent Sam is not about Confederates, it’s about Republicans

by Thomas Mills | Dec 4, 2018 | Editor's Blog, History

ShareYesterday, the UNC Board of Trustees struggled to figure out what to do with Silent Sam, the monument honoring Confederate soldiers that was toppled earlier this year. Much of the board would prefer to move the statue off campus but state law prevents that....

More GOP hypocrisy exposed

by Thomas Mills | Dec 3, 2018 | Editor's Blog, US House

ShareThe voter fraud scandal unfolding down in Bladen County lays bare the GOP’s hypocrisy. With almost no evidence except the election of a black man as President of the United States, the GOP has claimed broad corruption was tainting our elections. To hear them tell...

What did Mark Harris know and when did he know it?

by Thomas Mills | Nov 30, 2018 | Editor's Blog

ShareRepublicans who have been claiming that voter fraud is rampant finally have their proof—and it’s Republicans who are promoting the fraud. Down in Bladen County, it appears a group of Republican operatives ran a scam to get votes for Republican Congressional...

A big FU to African-Americans

by Thomas Mills | Nov 29, 2018 | Editor's Blog

ShareThe elevation of Thomas Farr to a lifelong appointment to the federal courts says a lot about the Republican Party. They’re rewarding a man who unabashedly participated in making voting more difficult for African-Americans. They’re sending a signal that there is...

Polling, after the fact

by Thomas Mills | Nov 27, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Poll Analysis, Polling

ShareCivitas has released a poll just two weeks after the midterm election. Apparently, they’ll continue their monthly polling even in a non-election year. It’s very helpful to those of us who want to understand what’s happening in the state after the ads have stopped...

Racial politics laid bare

by Thomas Mills | Nov 26, 2018 | Editor's Blog

ShareWith the Mississippi runoff for US Senate taking place tomorrow, the South and its racial history played prominently in the news this week. A New York Times article this weekend said that Democrats speaking frankly about race risk alienating rural white voters...