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Opinion: How North Carolina fails its farmworkers
| July 2, 2024
This isn’t just a rhetorical question. It carries real consequences for the González Mendoza family—and thousands of H2-A visa recipients across the state. North Carolina is home to the fifth-most H2-A workers in the country, nearly 15,000 migrants who labor in the agricultural sector with few protections.
Childcare advocates arrested at NC General Assembly as lawmakers ignore their calls for adequate funding
| June 28, 2024
Federal childcare grants are set to run out this weekend, and though NC legislators provided some limited last-minute funding this week, they ignored months of urgent requests to act.
Dan Bishop wrote a law that cost NC billions. Now he wants to be state Attorney General.
| June 27, 2024
2024 ELECTIONS | DAN BISHOP | ECONOMY | JEFF JACKSON | JOBS | LGBTQ | NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Voting Info
Bishop’s record of hostility towards LGBTQ people goes beyond HB 2 and his comments comparing them to the Taliban. As a member of the Mecklenburg County Commission in 2012, Bishop opposed a non-discrimination proposal for LGBTQ people, saying it was “either a political stunt or a serious dagger at the heart of marriage.”
Trump’s policies would cause inflation to surge, economists say
| June 27, 2024
If elected, Donald Trump has vowed to implement a 10% tariff on imports, deport undocumented immigrants who make up a huge percentage of the agricultural and construction industries, and cut corporate taxes. Experts say these plans would be inflationary and cost Americans thousands of dollars per year.
Big corporations are suing to block Biden’s efforts to lower costs
| June 5, 2024
From the cost of medication to education to everyday expenses, the Biden administration has passed several laws and implemented many federal rules taking on giant corporations, but big businesses are fighting tooth and nail to protect their profits.