by John Wynne | Jul 16, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGA, Race |
A bill in the General Assembly might have the effect of protecting Confederate monuments from being removed. To do so, entities will have to get the approval of the legislature. That means statues like ‘Silent Sam’ on the UNC campus are here to stay unless...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 26, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Race |
The Confederate flag debate has come to North Carolina. We might not fly the battle flag on the capitol grounds or embed it in our state flag, but we do put it on license plates for the Sons of the Confederacy. Now, Pat McCrory wants it taken off the menu of specialty...
by John Wynne | Jun 25, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, NC Politics, NCGov, Race |
Governor Pat is hopping on the bandwagon on the most important issue of our time: the Confederate flag. We don’t have a Confederate flag flying over the Capitol as our neighbors do in South Carolina, but the state does offer specialty license plates for the...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 22, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Race |
Great satire works because it’s true. Stephen Colbert mastered it in his parody of conservative journalists with his claim “I don’t see race.” Fox News and the Republican presidential candidates re-emphasized Colbert’s brilliance when they fell all over themselves...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 9, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Race |
Saturday was the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the march in Selma, Alabama that propelled the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Obama and President George W. Bush both attended. So did more than a hundred members of Congress. Only one member of...
by John Wynne | Sep 4, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Demographic Trends, Features, Immigration, Race |
Hispanics constitute about 9% of the population in North Carolina. Yet this group, despite reports of their growing clout and influence, have failed to make much of a dent in the state’s politics. In part this is due to Hispanics lagging behind in terms of voter...
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