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Video: Roy Cooper says the middle class is under attack

Former Governor Roy Cooper officially announced his candidacy for the US Senate on Monday, ending months of speculation that he would run for the seat currently held by retiring Sen. Thom Tillis.

On Saturday, in a speech at the North Carolina Democratic Party’s Unity Dinner in Raleigh, Cooper highlighted his frustration with congressional Republicans’ growing attacks on the middle class.

“For too many Americans, the middle class feels like a distant dream. Meanwhile, the biggest corporations and the richest Americans have grabbed obscene wealth at the expense of everyday working people,” Cooper told the crowd.

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Video: A mom asked NC Republicans to fund Medicaid. They went home instead.

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A NC mom, who has a child with a severe disability, tells her story after state lawmakers left Raleigh without filling a Medicaid shortfall. 
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Video: She left the US after 7 months in ICE detention. Here’s why she still wants to come back.

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After 7 months in ICE detention, a nursing student from NC talks about wanting to return home. 
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Video: Book bans in NC — ‘And Tango Makes Three’

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As a former K–5 teacher, a mom, and a Black woman in NC, I know the power of access. Historically, people who look like me were denied the right to read and write. That’s why book bans feel personal.
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Video: Gen Z leader in NC says her peers are exhausted, but not checked out

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Cardinal & Pine talks with Hannah Preston of Influence NC about Gen Z and politics. 
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Video: Protesters removed from NC legislature over GOP-backed gerrymandering

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Protesters chanted “Racist maps make racist reps” outside a NC legislative meeting ahead of Republicans' vote to gerrymander the state's Congressional maps again.