by Thomas Mills | Jul 25, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The ads are just too easy. At a time when violent crime is increasing for the first time in decades, the Republicans in the legislature cut funding for the state’s top law enforcement agency by $10 million. In other words, the GOP made us less safe. It’s a...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 18, 2016 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
When Republicans took over state government in North Carolina in 2012, progressives spent the first few of months of 2013 stunned at the breadth of the GOP changes. The Republican legislature and the compliant Pat McCrory quickly began dismantling Democratic policies...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 10, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
The first indication I had that Tuesday might be bad for Democrats came at the end of early voting. By my count, 240,000 Republicans showed up to early vote who had not voted at all in 2012. In addition, almost 70,000 African-Americans who voted early in 2012 had not...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 2, 2016 | Democrats, NC Politics |
As Democrats have suffered attrition in state houses, and national analysts have argued that their bench is in trouble. The NCDP has had the same experience of defeat, but despite substantial losses has emerged with a stronger bench–and possibly a brighter...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 24, 2016 | Campaign Finance, Editor's Blog, Gun Control, National Politics |
I watched the sit-in on the House floor and cheered for the Democrats taking a stand against the gun violence. I was disappointed when the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Obama’s immigration orders are unconstitutional. However, both of these actions...
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