by Thomas Mills | May 8, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
This weekend, the term “stochastic terrorism” came up twice in my Twitter feed, once accusing me of it and once accusing Governor Roy Cooper of it. I didn’t really know what it meant. I’ve heard the term in the back-and-forth on social media, but only had a vague...
by Thomas Mills | May 5, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
When Mark Robinson comes onto the stage at his rallies, his theme song should be “Crossroads” because Robinson has clearly sold his soul. Legend has it that blues musician Robert Johnson was just a mediocre guitar player who was more an annoyance than a...
by Thomas Mills | May 3, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
Republicans in the legislature may have just kicked the hornets’ nest. Yesterday, they announced a plan to ban abortions after 12 weeks, with a graduated series of exceptions for instances of rape, incest, and the life of the mother. There’s no exceptions for the...
by Thomas Mills | May 1, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
Republicans are set on dismantling our public education system from the ground up. Their voucher plan subsidizes private schools at the expense of public ones while continuing to put more money in the pockets of rich people. Their plan to end tenure at UNC and give...
by Thomas Mills | Apr 28, 2023 | Editor's Blog |
I remember when Republicans were first pushing the voucher scheme that will upend our public schools and turn many of them into underfunded warehouses for poor children. Back then, they insisted that “opportunity scholarships,” as they call them, were...
