by Darren Janz | Apr 30, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Catawba County is a large, populous county in the western Piedmont region of North Carolina. Located directly northwest of Charlotte and east of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Catawba County is considered part of the transitional Foothills terrain straddling the Piedmont...
by Darren Janz | Apr 23, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography
Located in the northern Central Piedmont region of North Carolina, Caswell County incorporates a portion of the state’s border with Virginia. Caswell is a predominantly rural county, with its small population of 23,692 residents as of mid-2018 making it the least...
by Byron Williams | Apr 23, 2018 | Features, Politics |
I remember, as an adolescent, when my father told me I had to cut the grass in lieu of going to the movies with my friends, I countered by providing him with a list of things I had already completed that day, which included cleaning my room. My father said rather...
by Darren Janz | Apr 16, 2018 | Features, NC Political Geography |
Located on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, Carteret County epitomizes the geographic, demographic, and political trends of the state’s coastal region. Many of the county’s 70,260 residents are concentrated in the beach communities of Bogue Banks, a large,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 16, 2018 | Features, Politics |
On April 13, Dan Forest delivered a speech to the intensely right-wing Civitas Institute. Civitas prosecutes politics like warfare. The group’s chest of wisdom bristles with such gems as “Calling for more minority teachers does little to address bigger...
by Alexander H. Jones | Apr 12, 2018 | Features, Politics |
Duane Hall is dropping flyers and robocalls in his district. What they could say to allay the disgust of progressive voters, I do not know. I am not convinced he knows. But he clearly wants his political career to continue. This is narcissistic delusion. Hall was...
