by John Wynne | Jun 23, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Democrats, Features, NC Politics, Poverty, US Senate |
While outgoing UNC President Tom Ross is sometimes mentioned as a potential candidate for U.S. Senate, there’s another academic whose transition to politics might come more naturally: Gene Nichol, law professor and Director of the Poverty Center at the...
by John Wynne | Jun 22, 2015 | 2016 Elections, Carolina Strategic Analysis, Education, Features, NC Politics |
State Democrats are doubling down on education as their major issue heading into 2016. While the General Assembly has passed contentious laws relating to abortion, gay marriage, and the environment, most Democratic communication is directed toward the...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 22, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Race |
Great satire works because it’s true. Stephen Colbert mastered it in his parody of conservative journalists with his claim “I don’t see race.” Fox News and the Republican presidential candidates re-emphasized Colbert’s brilliance when they fell all over themselves...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 19, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Voting Rights |
Yesterday, the state House and Senate eased the rules on voter IDs, allowing voters without a photo ID to cast provisional ballots. Their votes would be validated if they could prove a hardship in obtaining or using an ID based on at least one of eight reasons laid...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 18, 2015 | Editor's Blog, Health Care |
Back in 2013, when Republicans were itching to show how much they hated Obamacare, the legislature passed Senate Bill 4. The bill is known mainly for stopping the expansion of Medicaid, costing the state millions of dollars in needed funds and denying insurance to...
by Thomas Mills | Jun 17, 2015 | Budget, Economy, Editor's Blog, Tax Reform |
Republicans often complain that government programs pick winners and losers. Nobody is choosing winners and losers more than the GOP Senate. Winners are quite clearly people who are already doing well. Losers are the rest of us. Senate Republicans are following the...
