by Thomas Mills | May 18, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights |
The message of the press release was clear. Businesses are turning to Attorney General Roy Cooper for assurances that North Carolina is still a good place to live and work. Pat McCrory has clearly lost their confidence. Braeburn Pharmaceuticals announced that it would...
by Thomas Mills | May 13, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights, NC Politics |
House Bill 2 is now causing a bit of a stir among the top of the North Carolina Republican ticket. Last week, Governor Pat McCrory said that Congress should take up the issue of who should use which bathroom. The governor has been burned enough by the misguided bill...
by James Kotecki | May 12, 2016 | Economy, Income Inequality, Issues, NC Politics, PODCAST, Politics, The North Carolinian |
From low wages to non-existent benefits, things are not right for many American workers. But why do some workers vote against their own self-interest? MaryBe McMillan is the Secretary-Treasurer of the North Carolina AFL-CIO, a federation of unions across the state. We...
by Thomas Mills | May 12, 2016 | Editor's Blog, Energy, NC Politics |
Republican Senators Andrew Brock and Bill Cook have out done themselves. They’ve written a bill designed to kill the solar energy industry in North Carolina using big government regulations to take away property rights. Brock and Cook propose a mile-and-a-half setback...
by Thomas Mills | May 10, 2016 | Editor's Blog, LGBT Rights |
Six months out from the presidential election and politics have blown up in our collective face. A reality star who throws out childish insults and calls people silly names is the Republican nominee for president. A debate over who can use the bathroom where has...
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...
