by Thomas Mills | Apr 1, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NC Politics |
House Bill 2 wasn’t the only bill dealing with protections for the LGBT community to come up this week. In states across the South, legislatures were passing bills that would allow businesses and individuals to discriminate. In Georgia and Virginia, governors vetoed...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 30, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NCGov |
Roy Cooper indicated that he was running for governor less than a year into Pat McCrory’s term. He was so dismayed by the direction that Republicans were taking the state, that he felt obligated to jump into the race. Democrats cheered his announcement after two...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 29, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights |
The dispute over the Republican-led General Assembly’s sweeping bill to deny LGBT people protections from discrimination highlights the cultural divide in North Carolina and much of the nation. It also highlights another problem with gerrymandered districts....
by Alexander H. Jones | Mar 28, 2016 | LGBT Rights, NC Politics, NCGov |
After reading about McCrory’s post-HB2 presser, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. But I was tempted to choose laughter. Colin Campbell’s report is a veritable Encyclopedia of Hapless Pat. First there’s the persecution complex: “‘…Gov. Pat...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 28, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NC Politics, Presidential race |
Remember when the GOP was the party of personal responsibility? Not any more. Now, they’re the party of pointing fingers. They’re blaming everybody but themselves for the continuing bad press being heaped on their party. After Republicans passed sweeping legislation...
by Thomas Mills | Mar 25, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NC Politics |
Republicans really haven’t learned too much from this election cycle. Their presidential contest got hijacked by a reality star who appeals to the most xenophobic and racist tendencies of the GOP base. He’s been successful largely because nobody in the Republican...
