by Blair Reeves | Nov 3, 2021 | Politics |
Blair Reeves is Executive Director of Carolina Forward. Last night, Republican Glenn Youngkin was narrowly elected to the office of Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Though polls had favored Democrat Terry McAuliffe in his quest for a second term as Governor,...
by Alexander H. Jones | Nov 1, 2021 | Politics |
Seldom has one state’s gubernatorial election portended so much for the entire nation. Tomorrow marks election day in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and what happens when voters go to the polls will signify a great deal about where our politics are headed for the...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 28, 2021 | Politics |
There’s been a conversation on Twitter about whether Cal Cunningham jilted the Democratic Party. Many Democrats believe that Cunningham’s selfishness and narcissism cost the party a vital Senate seat, landing them in the quagmire of Manchin-Sinema...
by Thomas Mills | Oct 27, 2021 | Editor's Blog, Redistricting |
As we get closer and closer to new district maps, I have a few thoughts on redistricting, some of which I expressed last week. In particular, there’s no way to take politics out of the process, but there are better ways than others to do it. In North Carolina, we’ve...
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 27, 2021 | Politics |
The muted response to North Carolina Republicans’ proposed gerrymandered maps is quite revealing. The last time they set out to slice and dice North Carolina for partisan advantage, in 2011, political observers reacted with horror at the party’s cynicism....
by Alexander H. Jones | Oct 26, 2021 | Politics |
In the late nineteenth century, North Carolina bet its future on an industry that would eventually collapse. Promoters for the state ardently pursued cotton mills, offering Yankee executives a robust supply of cheap labor coming off the farms and denying workers, all...
