by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 30, 2021 | Politics |
That rural North Carolina voted Democratic for much of the twentieth century was of little import; after all, the Democrats had all but extinguished party competition at the dawn of the 1900s. But the type of Democrat they voted for would raise eyebrows in...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 29, 2021 | Politics
By custom and rule, the purpose of North Carolina’s legislative long session is to craft and pass a state budget. In years past legislators would do little else and depart Raleigh on a prompt basis after sending their spending plan to the governor. But...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 28, 2021 | Politics
When they entered the voting booth for the 2008 gubernatorial primary, Republicans had two moderate choices. One, a longtime fixture of GOP circles, was former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr of Yancey County. Preceding him alphabetically was Charlotte Mayor Pat...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 27, 2021 | Politics |
In his trademark racist way, former President Donald Trump tried to make the Sqaud out to be the true face of the Democratic Party. He zeroed in on these four women of color because they were Black and Brown and progressive. The message: Democrats are not like you,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Sep 22, 2021 | Politics |
The story America told about itself for the first few hundred years went a little like this. Persecuted in their homelands, brave settlers (it went without mentioning that they white) departed Europe for what F. Scott Fitzgerald called the “fresh green breast of...
