A push to ban books dealing with discrimination has been spreading across North Carolina, mostly in smaller and more rural school districts. This is hurting children’s educations and futures, opponents say.
Budd has made several votes against farmers’ interests, and the Budd family was involved with AgriBioTech, a now-bankrupt company that cost farmers across 39 states millions and left a tax debt, including in N.C.
Against the backdrop of a Russian invasion in Ukraine that’s exacerbated economic issues, the president calls for renewed investments.
Without court action, Republicans would be all but assured of dominating action on minimum wage, education funding, abortion rights, voting rights, and more.
Before, COVID-infected people would pass the virus to two people on average. With Delta, it’s six people.
Demand is on the rise, but blood donations in North Carolina have been plunging for nearly a year.
Raleigh’s Chalina Morgan-Lopez sees herself and her family in the literature that right-wing book banners are targeting. She’s not going to take it.
Republicans across the US have filed almost 400 bills seeking to limit voting rights since the 2020 election. Thom Tillis and Richard Burr have abetted them.
Black and poor women at greater risk if the US Supreme Court restricts reproductive rights.
Gov. Roy Cooper rolled back many of the pandemic restrictions, while calling on unvaccinated people to wear masks until they get their shots.
