by Alexander H. Jones | Aug 15, 2017 | Politics |
Roy Cooper finds himself in a tough position, as do we all. The rifts in our society are quaking like they haven’t in fifty years. Citizens have to confront this crisis; elected officials, even more so. For the sake of his state—and his political viability—Cooper...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 24, 2017 | Politics |
David Lewis does not like to be criticized. Annoy him online and he’ll accuse you of scatological sympathies. Call his policies racist and he “deeply resents” it. Those who critique his Voter ID amendment will encounter the same wounded howls of...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2017 | Politics |
For better or worse, politics never ends. Parties are always on the lookout for a new leader, a new hope. And Democrats have one at the Justice Department. Attorney General Stein gives every impression of being a great leader. A Chapel Hill native, he has a finely...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 5, 2017 | Politics |
I don’t live in Charlotte, and I have no rooting interest in the mayoral race there. Nevertheless, it is an important statewide event. Not only is this election the marquee race of the year, Charlotte mayors are steadily broadening their political reach. A race...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 20, 2017 | Politics |
The American Prospect has two must-read articles for Democrats. Written, respectively, by Stan Greenberg and Ruy Teixeira, they lay out the party’s deep challenges with working class working class voters. Crucially, it is not just the white working class....
