The Humpty Dumpty state

The Humpty Dumpty state

There’s a new bill in the legislature to repeal House Bill 2, or repeal parts of it. Once again, the only people happy with it are the sponsors. Liberals say it leaves in place discrimination against the LGBT community. Conservatives like Dan Forest aren’t going to...
Eating their lunch

Eating their lunch

Rarely has one piece of legislation caused so much consternation for one party. HB2 is so stuck on Republicans that they can’t get rid of it. They passed it in a special twelve-hour session of the legislature a year ago and then-Governor Pat McCrory signed it in the...
Of course it’s politics

Of course it’s politics

Republicans are twisting themselves into knots trying to blame the fallout from HB2 on Democrats. Now that the law is about to be repealed they’re blaming—gasp—politics. Who’d a thunk it? Of course it was politics. The bill was a political scheme designed to motivate...
PODCAST | Jen Ferrell: A Moral Monday Mom Runs for Office

PODCAST | Jen Ferrell: A Moral Monday Mom Runs for Office

When you think about the kind of candidates that get state Democrats excited this year, you might not think of a woman who once received unemployment benefits, was once arrested, and was once a Republican. But that’s Jen Ferrell, the now-Democratic challenger of a...

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