by Thomas Mills | Jul 3, 2013 | Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov, US Senate, Women's Rights |
Last night, the North Carolina Senate finally kicked the hornet’s nest. Under cover of darkness, they attached draconian legislation to restrict women’s access to health care to–get this–the anti-Shariah Law bill. No shit. As one friend tweeted, “The NC...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 28, 2013 | Editor's Blog, Moral Monday, National Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
This week I felt a shift. I’ve felt them before and then seen a return to the status quo. In the past, I thought the shift was toward either a more conservative or more progressive perspective by the American public. I felt it after Barack Obama’s victory in 2008 and...
by Matt Phillippi | Jun 25, 2013 | Features, Moral Monday, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
Americans love mob movies, they’re right up there with hamburgers and football on our list of favorite things, and apparently Art Pope is no different. I make this assumption after seeing the recent spate of attacks by the Civitas Institute on everyone from the head...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 24, 2013 | NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov
PPP recently pointed out that Pat McCrory’s approval rating is trickling down month by month. Mainly, his numbers declined because Democrats defected, eroding his cross-over support. In the latest poll, McCrory’s approval among independents remains solid–for...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 23, 2013 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Moral Monday, NCGA, NCGOP
After spending several days outside of the Triangle and talking to people who asked what the arrests in Raleigh were all about, I was going to write a blog, once again, urging the Moral Monday leaders to focus their message. I was also going to encourage them to lay...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 21, 2013 | Economic Development, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP
North Carolina needs a serious conversation about what to do with the rural areas of our state. Since 2010, 47 of our 100 counties have lost population and the people who are left are old. Unemployment in many of our rural counties is still in double digits....
