by Thomas Mills | Oct 9, 2017 | Editor's Blog
Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson was back in North Carolina this week for the NAACP convention. He was student body president at North Carolina A & T, graduating in 1964. Jackson reflected on his time in North Carolina, in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement,...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 6, 2017 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
The General Assembly’s never-ending session continued doing damage to the state this week. Republicans sent unfunded mandates that will hurt counties and schools. They continue micromanaging the Attorney General’s office to spite Democrat Josh Stein and leave the...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 5, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Politics, Race |
Alabama GOP Senate nominee Roy Moore is a racist. He doesn’t try to hide it though I’m sure he would deny it. He shared blatantly racist memes on a Facebook page that he and his supporters would probably claim are just legitimate opinions. They’re not. They’re meant...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 4, 2017 | Editor's Blog |
Watching the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Vietnam documentary on PBS last week brought back a flood of memories, not just of the war but of that whole disruptive era. As a kid, we only had one TV and every night, it was turned to the news, first the local news on WSOC in...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 3, 2017 | Editor's Blog, Redistricting |
Today, the Supreme Court hears arguments that could change redistricting forever. The court hears a Wisconsin case in which challengers argue that partisan gerrymanders are unconstitutional, while the state says that the redistricting maps are matter that should be...
