by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 31, 2021 | Politics |
In the late 19th century, 60 German Jews made their way into the terra incognita of Old North Carolina. James “Buck” Duke had invited them here because he had the bright idea of automated cigarette rolling, and they knew how to operate the machines. It...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 27, 2021 | Politics
“Everyone knows how bad slavery was, but hearing about it for months now is getting old,” complained a Caswell County resident in response to Mark Robinson’s “F.A.C.T.S.” commission. “I don’t hear any of these teachers talking...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 26, 2021 | Politics
In the face of threats by a deluded band of “moderates” to derail the Democratic agenda, Speak Nancy Pelosi pushed through the full $3.5 trillion public-investment package on the Biden presidency rests. The bill came through in full, without being watered...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 25, 2021 | Politics |
“Instead of a war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me.” -Tupac Shakur, “Changes,” 1996 In that one lyric tucked into a song that eloquently expressed Clinton-era Black rage, Tupac Shakur said more about the burden of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 24, 2021 | Politics |
The number of top-of-the-ticket victories that have gone to Republicans can create a skewed impression of North Carolina’s politics. Republicans have won the state three straight times at the presidential level and four straight times at the Senate level....
