Opinion: Two years after Roe v. Wade was overturned, I am stronger and angrier
If they were going to ban abortion, who knew what else they were going to start banning?
Jun
2024
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Voter Stories
Jun
2024
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Op-Ed: I’ve been a teacher for 30 years. Michele Morrow would ruin NC public schools.
A veteran North Carolina teacher and activist on why he believes the Republican candidate for the state's top education job is unfit and dangerous.
May
2024
23
Opinion: Why North Carolina doctors are afraid of another Trump term
As a health care provider, I vividly remember what it was like when Donald Trump was president. He worked to dismantle the progress we had made in eliminating discrimination based on preexisting conditions, tried to take away preventive care coverage like lifesaving mammograms and colonoscopies, and railed against health care coverage for millions of Americans.
May
2024
22
Opinion: Why Mo Green is the education leader I’m choosing for my kids and my state
In 2022, as a candidate endorsed by extremist group Moms for Liberty, she ran for a seat on the Wake County School Board and lost. In her current race, she’s again endorsed by Moms for Liberty, and proposes eliminating the State Board of Education and forcing children with special needs into separate classrooms where they’ll “just focus on learning life skills.”
May
2024
15
Opinion: Mark Robinson’s horrific remarks about women contradict the Christian faith
We have knocked down so many closed doors and created greater opportunities for others, yet in the same breath, men like Robinson seek to take us backwards.
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Republicans tried to cancel their votes in the NC Supreme Court race. So voters spoke out with a disco party.
| March 3, 2025
2024 ELECTIONS | Allison Riggs | ANDERSON CLAYTON | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | CIVIL RIGHTS | elections | Jefferson Griffin | Lead Story | NC COURTS | Supreme Court | Voter Stories | VOTING IN NORTH CAROLINA
Judge Jefferson Griffin lost his race but is still trying to toss out 65,000 votes. At ‘Disenfranchised Disco’ on Friday night, North Carolinians proved that protecting democracy requires mobilization—both on and off the dance floor.
Knocking for a cause: Progressive Turnout Project’s effort to flip NC blue
| October 30, 2024
Door-to-door canvasser Christopher Dean, a former Republican, is on a mission with Progressive Turnout Project to turn NC pro-Democratic.
Opinion: Be a child care voter this year
| October 23, 2024
Moms know that child care is a life-shaping issue for their own families. Many are at risk of being forced onto public assistance if they can't find the affordable care that makes it possible for them to stay in the workforce. But too many moms don’t know which candidates support the solutions they need.
Opinion: Mark Robinson wants to take away our rights and freedoms
| August 26, 2024
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.
Opinion: The frightening truth about what Project 2025 would do to education in NC
| August 23, 2024
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.