Southern Food Bracket: Battle of the Brands
Today, a different kind of contest from Garden and Gun. Go, Krispy! Today we're voting in the final matchup. To vote, just click on your favorite brand from today's matchup. When you're done, click submit. Then come back on Monday (April 8) to see which...
The Republican deal with the devil
Just when national Republicans are trying to re-brand their party by bringing it into the 21st century, along come their North Carolina brethren in all their fire-and-brimstone glory. They’ve been introducing some fairly draconian legislation but nothing that fed so...
Gerrymandering has been great for GOP congressmen, but poison for the party nationally
In today's Daily Read, Noam Scheiber says gerrymandering protects GOP House but kills the GOP's national party: Regardless of how the Supreme Court rules on the two big gay marriage cases it heard last week, it’s only a matter of time before the institution is...
NC Legislature: Getting their crazy on
It’s that time in the legislature when crazy is in high gear. A bill filed yesterday would allow for a state religion and exempt North Carolina from rulings of federal courts. It won’t pass and probably will never make it to a committee hearing, but it lays bare the...
You can’t make this up
Today in the Daily Read, stupid is as stupid does. A bill to deny First Amendment rights, brought to you by the North Carolina General Assembly. Read More >
Immigration and gun control offer Hagan an opportunity
Last week, Senator Kay Hagan’s support for gay marriage drew applause from progressives and LGBT activists across North Carolina. She even received praise from Jeb Bush who called her decision “courageous.” Now, Hagan faces two other political hot potatoes moving...
Stalled Obama Campaign Machine Restarted for New Agenda
In The Daily Read, Julie Bykowicz and Lisa Lerer of Bloomberg lay out how OFA is retooled for issue-advocacy campaigns: President Barack Obama’s team redefined the way to run a national election. Now, it’s trying to do the same thing for issue-advocacy...
Analyst: Politicians’ pledges of support for same-sex rights ‘inevitable’
WASHINGTON – On the week of two landmark Supreme Court cases involving same-sex marriage, a wave of public opinion polls have shown an increasingly higher number of Americans who support same-sex marriage. Numerous politicians, specifically Democrats, have taken...
Do Millennials Stand a Chance in the Real World?
Annie Lowrey of the New York Times on the millennial generation in today's Daily Read: When I was a kid, my grandmother used to spirit packets of oyster crackers from restaurants. She unwrapped gifts meticulously, peeling back the tape with her nails so that she could...
The GOP: Giving progressives something to vote about
Yesterday, a Republican congressman referred to Hispanics as “wetbacks” on a radio show. In North Carolina, Governor Pat McCrory announced he’s closing the Office of Hispanic/Latino Affairs. In the General Assembly, Republican bills to restrict voting transparently...
