by Thomas Mills | Jun 3, 2015 | Abortion, Civil Rights, Economic Development, Editor's Blog, Education |
Today’s political news will be dominated by the debate over whether or not to allow magistrates to forego their responsibilities to their jobs and opt out of marrying same-sex couples. The whole debate is depressing and a symbol of how far North Carolina has fallen....
by Thomas Mills | Mar 9, 2015 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, Race |
Saturday was the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the march in Selma, Alabama that propelled the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. President Obama and President George W. Bush both attended. So did more than a hundred members of Congress. Only one member of...
by John Wynne | Jan 22, 2015 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Civil Rights, Democrats, Features, Social Issues |
Patsy Keever, running for chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, kind of stepped in it the other day. The candidates were at a forum, all giving speeches and doing their thing. One of the candidates, Janice Covington Allison, is transgender. Now, one of those...
by John Wynne | Jul 29, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Civil Rights, Features, Gay Marriage, US Senate |
Unless you just crawled out from under a rock, you’re well aware that the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a ban on gay marriage violates the U.S. Constitution, and that this will doubtless have an effect on North Carolina’s Amendment One. The...
by Thomas Mills | Jan 20, 2014 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice” Today, we celebrate the birth of Martin Luther King, Jr. We remember him as a leader of the Civil Rights Movement that ended Jim Crow laws and the segregated society that defined the South. But King...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 29, 2013 | Civil Rights |
In the closing stages of the election, Walter Dalton recruited several African Americans to produce one the most powerful videos in memory. Pat McCrory went berserk. We’d all benefit if he admitted they were right. The ad sent a harsh message, and appropriately so....
