by Alexander H. Jones | Jun 16, 2016 | Civil Rights, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGov, Veterans, Women's Rights |
Pat McCrory is setting the record for Most Spineless Politician. Since getting elected, he’s repeatedly trashed his own purported principles, and refused to own his decisions. He’s got no backbone, no courage, and no right to be taken seriously. McCrory’s history of...
by Alexander H. Jones | May 5, 2016 | Civil Rights, NC Politics, NCGA, NCGOP, NCGov |
So the hammer has fallen. The Department of Justice has declared HB2 violates the Civil Rights Act and Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Needless to say, these findings portend disaster. GOP leaders’ response has been just as disturbing. It is...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 19, 2015 | Civil Rights |
One could say there are two “schools of thought” regarding monuments. Their subject matter could mark them as vessels of collective memory. Alternatively, there is a competing, present-minded view. Because monuments are placed by democratic governments in...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 15, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
If the North Carolina Republican party is attacking William Barber, then William Barber is winning. Barber’s not on the ballot and he’s not an officer of the North Carolina Democratic Party. He’s head of the North Carolina NAACP, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 9, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog |
Those “activists” who think they are making a difference by tagging monuments to Confederate veterans should think again. Instead of building support for removing the statues, they’re solidifying support for keeping them. Somebody has to pay for cleaning up the...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 29, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog |
Progressives claiming that the flag debate is a distraction have missed the point. As President Obama made so clear in his eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, a racist white guy tried to start a race war by killing nine African-Americans in a church. Instead, he forced...
