Voter Stories
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Opinion: Mark Robinson wants to take away our rights and freedoms
A North Carolina woman says Mark Robinson’s latest ad is trying to soften his stance on abortion rights, but she says he’s an extremist who would support a total abortion ban.
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Opinion: The frightening truth about what Project 2025 would do to education in NC
Project 2025 is a much-maligned plan for a second Trump administration that, among other things, would dismantle the federal education department and gut civil rights protections. We break down the frightening truth about how exactly Project 2025 would play out in North Carolina.
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VIDEO: NC Democratic National Convention delegates ‘represent the new South’
Another reason why the roll call at the national political conventions is probably the most fun part.
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VIDEO: Why young people should fight for NC beyond election season
A grassroots nonprofit is planning a concert to energize young voters. We talked to one of the organizers about why young people have to stay engaged beyond election season.
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VIDEO: Mo Green says a strong public education system shouldn’t be a partisan issue
We talked to the Democratic candidate for state superintendent of public education, Mo Green, about partisanship, and why supporting a strong K-12 system shouldn’t be a Democrat or Republican issue.
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VIDEO: Who is Jefferson Griffin, the ‘originalist’ judge running for NC Supreme Court?
Let’s find out who Jefferson Griffin, the Republican running for NC Supreme Court, is.
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VIDEO: The threat to democracy in NC’s secretary of state race
The NC Secretary of State’s office is, for now, a low-visibility, bookkeeping job. But Cardinal & Pine Senior Editor Billy Ball says we should all be concerned if Republicans win it and start changing the job description.
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Opinion: As a rural Ohioan, I see J.D. Vance for who he is
Vance’s career has been built on a phony image of him as a product of and de facto spokesperson for poor, rural Appalachians, despite the fact that he was raised in a middle-class family in Middletown, Ohio – a city of about 50,000 people situated between Cincinnati and Dayton.
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Opinion: I’m from Appalachia. J.D. Vance got rich lying about us.
Conveniently, Vance blames my people for their struggles and paints them as lazy while blaming his circumstances on his mother and her battle with addiction. He seems to believe that all his traumas should be attributed to a culture that is not even his.
