by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 13, 2018 | Features, Politics
In the twilight years of Democratic dominance, NC progressives grew restive. Urbanization had not led to the liberalization of their party. Pro-business rural Democrats ran the party, and this bulwark of centrism left some activists feeling like they were denied the...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 20, 2018 | Editor's Blog, Politics |
Ever since the inauguration of Donald Trump, progressives have been marching and organizing. At the national level, the movement was kicked off by the Women’s March that drew more people than Trump’s inauguration. On the local level, groups like Indivisible sprung up...
by Janet Colm | Jan 12, 2018 | Demographic Trends, Features, National Politics, NC Politics |
This post was originally published by Janet Colm on WomenAdvanceNC.org on January 10, 2018. If you caught Oprah’s amazing speech at the Golden Globes, you might be one of those jumping on the Oprah For President bandwagon. Regardless of how you feel about that, one...
by Kirk Kovach | Dec 20, 2017 | Features, Politics, The Kovach Corner |
Not too long ago, the election in Virginia yielded massive Democratic pickups, from the governor’s mansion down to seats in their House of Delegates. Before that election, the chamber consisted of only thirty-four Democrats. Now, with the final recount complete,...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 20, 2017 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
As I’ve said before, North Carolina Republicans were Trumpists before Trump. They were willing to trash the state’s reputation as a forward thinking, welcoming state in order to pass tax cuts that disproportionally benefited the wealthy while dramatically cutting the...
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