Dr. Abby Schultz, a Durham OB-GYN, spoke with @cardinalandpine about the repercussions of North Carolina's 12-week abortion ban. "It puts us in a really hard situation where we end up having to be the face of the law and the face of a law that we don't agree with,"...
VIDEO: TV Host Highlights Mark Robinson’s History of Offensive Comments
Mark Robinson won North Carolina’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. Robinson has a history of making offensive and extreme statements — watch as MSNBC host Rachel Maddow shares just some of Robinson’s past remarks. View this post on Instagram ...
Republican candidate to lead NC’s public schools has called for execution of Obama, Biden and other Democrats
CNN broke the story that Michele Morrow’s social media history included suggestions that President Obama face a firing squad and that President Biden deserved to die over his COVID mask guidelines.
VIDEO: Rep. Don Davis Reflects on 109-Year-Old NC Voter Cassie Smith
With the State of the Union address tonight, Rep. Don Davis (D-NC) took a moment to talk about his special guest for the event — 109-year-old Cassie Smith of Battleboro, who Davis describes as a “living and walking symbol of our democracy.” Smith was one of the first...
VIDEO: Mark Robinson: ‘I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn’t Vote’
During his 2020 run for lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, who won NC’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday, said he’d “absolutely” like to return to the days when women didn’t have the right to vote. “I absolutely want to go back to the America where women...
Opinion: Rethinking public high schools would help us fill important STEM jobs locally
We need a robust, highly skilled workforce in STEM to support the influx of major infrastructure projects cropping up across the country. The way to fix this is by starting at the high school level.
Mark Robinson’s history of conspiracy and antisemitism gets a national spotlight
If Robinson wins the governor’s race, he would be among the most far-right governors in the country.
Biden’s 2025 budget prioritizes lowering costs for families, taxing the rich
The president’s budget includes proposals to lower childcare costs, create a paid family leave program, lower drug costs, and strengthen Social Security and Medicare—all by raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
NC judges block Republicans’ ‘stark and blatant’ power grab in election law
The law, passed last year by the Republican-controlled legislature, would have stripped Gov. Roy Cooper of appointment power to the state’s elections boards. it also would have likely created election gridlock.
VIDEO: President Biden Proposes a 25% Tax on Billionaires to Help Fund Programs for All Americans
What do YOU think about Biden’s plan to tax billionaires to fund affordable childcare, paid family leave, and better home care and elder care programs? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cardinal & Pine...