by James Kotecki | Sep 21, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Features, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Redistricting, The North Carolinian, Voting Rights |
It’s almost Election Day! Here in North Carolina court rulings have reshaped our voting rules. I made this video to break it down. VOTER RESOURCES Request an absentee ballot. Find your county’s board of elections office to check early voting times. NC Voter...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 21, 2016 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
Before the Bush administration invaded Iraq in 2003, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell warned of the “pottery barn rule”—you break it, you own it. His colleagues dismissed his warning and went marching into a war that has left us with instability in the Middle East...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 20, 2016 | Editor's Blog, HB2, NC Politics |
A deal over HB2 less than two months before an election was always a long shot. Both sides are locked into a campaign narrative and changing it at the last moment adds chaos to an already unpredictable political environment. It was torpedoed, though, before it even...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 15, 2016 | Editor's Blog, HB2 |
For months, Pat McCrory and the GOP leadership in North Carolina have been engaged in a game of chicken with college athletics in North Carolina. In the days following the passage of HB2, entertainers canceled concerts and businesses moved conventions. Pat McCrory and...
by James Kotecki | Sep 14, 2016 | 2016 Elections, Campaigns, Death Penalty, Features, NC Politics, North Carolina, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian |
Bob Edmunds is an Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court currently running for this third eight-year term. This episode is the counterpoint to our recent conversation with Mike Morgan, the Superior Court Judge vying for Edmunds’ seat. As you might...
by Thomas Mills | Sep 9, 2016 | Civil Rights, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
For a brief period following the Civil War and Reconstruction, African-Americans enjoyed voting rights similar to those of white people. They elected mayors, legislators, and even Congressmen. They were all Republicans because Lincoln freed the slaves. By the end of...
