by Thomas Mills | Nov 21, 2016 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina |
For six years, Republicans in the General Assembly have undermined the democratic process in North Carolina. They began by overriding county and municipal governments’ redistricting plans by redrawing local political districts like the Wake School Board and...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 18, 2016 | Editor's Blog, North Carolina, Politics |
When Republicans took over state government in North Carolina in 2012, progressives spent the first few of months of 2013 stunned at the breadth of the GOP changes. The Republican legislature and the compliant Pat McCrory quickly began dismantling Democratic policies...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 17, 2016 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics |
Pat McCrory is continuing to do damage to our state and he’s following the Fox News model of bringing into question the credibility of the institutions that have assured our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. His criticism is meant to divide instead of...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 16, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
For Democrats and progressives, this election has been the hardest in our lifetimes. For America, it could be the most damaging. Not only is Trump singularly unqualified and polarizing, most of the country believed we were about to elect the first woman President of...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 15, 2016 | Editor's Blog |
While Pat McCrory’s lawyers and partisans are hunkering down for a long recount of last Tuesday’s election results, the governor himself is hedging his bets. McCrory was in Orlando for the Republican Governor’s Association. So was Mike Pence. Rumor has it that McCrory...
