by Thomas Mills | Jul 8, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, Voting Rights |
Last week, a Republican group released a study that said African-Americans voted at higher rate in the May primary this year than they did in the May primary in 2010. Republicans hailed the news as proof that their voter suppression tactics weren’t targeted at Black...
by Alexander H. Jones | Jul 7, 2014 | Environment, NC Politics
Through regulatory capture, big donations, and officeholders’ fears of looking “anti-business,” corporations have gotten away with murder for decades. I say enough. It’s time to make big business serve society, not the other way around, and coal-ash cleanup is the...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 6, 2014 | DHHS, Editor's Blog, Medicaid |
The News & Observer began a series this weekend outlining the Medicaid problems facing North Carolina. Two things are clear. The system has had problems for a very long time. And, two, Pat McCrory has made the problems worse, not better. In the big picture, the...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 3, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Economy, Editor's Blog, NC Politics, NCGOP, Obamacare, US Senate |
Karl Rove has a lot of faith in his Obamacare narrative. Yesterday, his latest Crossroads GPS ad accuses the Affordable Care Act of harming the economy and blaming Kay Hagan for supporting the program. And just like Kay Hagan accused Elizabeth Dole of voting with...
by John Wynne | Jul 1, 2014 | Carolina Strategic Analysis, Features, Health Care, US Senate, Women's Rights |
While a victory for common sense and for the free exercise of religion, the Hobby Lobby case is also a boon for the Hagan campaign, which desperately needs to get women to believe they are being oppressed. It’s a bit of a stretch to call someone else not paying...
by Thomas Mills | Jul 1, 2014 | 2014 Elections, Editor's Blog, Health Care |
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the craft store Hobby Lobby is not required to provide contraception to women because of religious objections. Thom Tillis promptly hailed the measure, saying, “The American people are the clear winners.” Unless, of course,...
