Elections
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What does the North Carolina Attorney General do?
In 2012, when the General Assembly passed their voter ID law and faced a lawsuit from the Obama administration, then-Attorney General Roy Cooper said the law was “one of the worst election pieces of legislation in the country.” Cooper also urged Governor Pat McCrory to veto the bill.
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VIDEO: Veterans get kicked out of NC GOP convention
EXCLUSIVE: A group of veterans and military families were escorted out of the NC GOP’s convention in Greensboro on Friday after delivering a letter calling on Republicans and Donald Trump to reject calls for violence and inflammatory rhetoric. The coalition of veterans — including members of @common_defense and @vetsforresponsibleleadership — were quickly ushered out of…
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Why no one should sleep on the 2024 race for NC secretary of state
Elaine Marshall, one of the state’s longest-serving elected officials, is facing a Republican who’s promoting his campaign with a gun raffle and by talking a lot about abortion—though the NC secretary of state has no power over that.
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Op-ed: Mayland Community College should get student IDs approved for voting
With the reopening of the application period, Mayland Community College can rectify this situation by submitting an application to the NCSBE to have its student IDs approved as an acceptable voting ID within the published time frame.
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Opinion: Why North Carolina doctors are afraid of another Trump term
As a health care provider, I vividly remember what it was like when Donald Trump was president. He worked to dismantle the progress we had made in eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions, tried to take away preventive care coverage like lifesaving mammograms and colonoscopies, and railed against health care coverage for millions of Americans.
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State Supreme Court race could decide future of reproductive rights in NC
A seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court is up for grabs in November, when voters will decide who sits on the most powerful court in the state—and who has the final say on some of the most important legal issues in the state, such as reproductive freedom.
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What is the NC Supreme Court? And how does it work?
A primer on the NC Supreme Court: Who’s on it, who’s running for re-election, and why it’s been accused of partisan bias.
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Opinion: Why Mo Green is the education leader I’m choosing for my kids and my state
In 2022, as a candidate endorsed by extremist group Moms for Liberty, she ran for a seat on the Wake County School Board and lost. In her current race, she’s again endorsed by Moms for Liberty, and proposes eliminating the State Board of Education and forcing children with special needs into separate classrooms where they’ll…
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Opinion: Mark Robinson’s horrific remarks about women contradict the Christian faith
We have knocked down so many closed doors and created greater opportunities for others, yet in the same breath, men like Robinson seek to take us backwards.
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VIDEO: Democracy Needs “Hands-On” Young People
Anderson Clayton was only 25 years old when she was elected to lead the North Carolina Democratic Party last year, so she understands what it’s like to be a young person and to be fed up with how things are going. But she also has a message for young voters: the solution is to get…
