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Bad ideas die hard: The effort to hand over America’s...

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2024/11/25

Deep in Idaho’s Clearwater Mountains, along the beautiful Lochsa River, is a stand of ancient cedar trees. These trees stand hundreds of feet tall and are hundreds of years old. They have seen a lot of American and Idaho history. They were standing long before Europeans arrived in these mountains, back when the Nez Perce […]

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No, GOP leaders, this isn’t business as usual

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2024/11/25

In case you ever wondered, here’s a sure indicator that a politician has been caught doing something shady and underhanded. When the only explanation they have for an action they’re taking is to mumble that it’s “business as usual” or something their political adversaries once did, you know they’re up to no good. North Carolinians […]

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The GOP’s post-election recipe

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2024/11/25

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Tentacles of North Carolina gerrymandering now extend...

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2024/11/22

Gerrymandering – the corrupt rigging of districts to elect candidates of certain parties – is a cancer afflicting modern American politics. And sadly, North Carolina is its poster child. For years now, Republicans have gerrymandered their way to large legislative majorities in a state in which Democrats often receive more votes. And now thanks […]

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Legislative leaders thumb their noses at voters,...

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2024/11/21

North Carolina voters just elected Gov.-elect Josh Stein by an overwhelming margin but the vast majority of them did not vote for Senate leader Phil Berger or House Speaker Tim Moore. Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped Berger and Moore from hatching a truly outrageous scheme to grab powers from the governor’s office and other statewide offices […]

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NC lawmakers return to Raleigh for another lame “lame...

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2024/11/19

There have been many times throughout American history in which so-called “lame duck” legislative sessions – gatherings that take place after an election, but prior to the seating of the new Congress or legislature – have been used successfully by elected leaders to find bipartisan common ground and get things done. Sometimes, with the next […]

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Chancellor’s idea of expanding UNC Chapel Hill is...

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2024/11/18

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Lee Roberts has suggested adding 5,000 new undergraduates to the student body at our state’s flagship university. He argues for this reform by drawing a simple contrast between North Carolina’s robust growth and the stagnant undergraduate population at the university he leads. This analogy is facially plausible, but more careful scrutiny reveals […]

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Removing the economic engine

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2024/11/18

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As Florida has gone, so will go the nation

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2024/11/14

You’d have thought the Republic could have at least made it to our 250th anniversary before we decided to elect a fascist. I’m not going to say it’s been a good run, though we’ve had some proud moments: the 14th, 15th, and 19th Amendments, the novels of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison, the poetry of […]

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Biden shows reverence and respect for the...

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2024/11/12

Almost four years later, it still stands as one of the darkest acts of any elected official in American history – a cowardly and criminal act by small and petty man who sought to overturn two-and-a-half centuries of constitutional government. I speak, of course, of then-President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept the results of the […]

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Some inconvenient truths about the national election

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2024/11/12

As one would expect, the postmortems on last week’s election are well underway. Here in North Carolina, where voters did pretty much what they’ve done for years, the results don’t seem that hard to understand. Republicans continued to dominate the presidential contest, and Democrats returned the favor in the governor’s race. Meanwhile, most of the […]

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The criminalization of reproductive health care is...

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2024/11/11

The day before Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, I had the opportunity to join a group of elected officials from across the country, led by Georgia Rep. Nikema Williams, in Washington D.C. We gathered in front of the Capitol for a press conference where we each spoke about the critical importance of access to […]

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Gov. Roy Cooper appoints interim commissioner of labor

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2024/11/11

After Commissioner of Labor Josh Dobson’s abrupt resignation, the day after the General Election, Gov. Roy Cooper has appointed Kevin O’Barr to replace Dobson to lead the N.C. Department of Labor. Cooper made the appointment Friday afternoon. O’Barr will serve until commissioner-elect Luke Farley takes office in January. Farley, a Republican, defeated Democrat Braxton Winston […]

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A ray of light

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2024/11/11

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Thousands of North Carolinians can still make their...

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2024/11/11

In the event you thought this year’s election was over and all of the races decided – hold on a minute. It turns out tens of thousands of ballots that North Carolina voters cast are yet to be counted. That’s because there are many circumstances – most notably when people forget their photo ID or […]

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American voters once again voice their support for...

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2024/11/08

It’s one of the great conundrums of modern American politics. Time and again, voters elect politicians who espouse positions that are contrary to what the majority of the public believes. The list of such issues is a long one: climate change, gun violence, wages, tax fairness, health care. And another classic example of this […]

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A status quo election (with one very big exception)

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2024/11/07

This week’s election in North Carolina was what might be properly termed a “status quo election.” Republicans continued to dominate the presidential contest, and Democrats returned the favor in the governor’s race. Meanwhile, most of the other races for statewide offices were pretty much evenly divided and all decided by a point or two. […]

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Top 10 editorial cartoons of the ’24 election season

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2024/11/05

[Editor’s note: Well, another election season has come and (almost) gone. And while 2024 has featured more than its share of stress, conflict and controversy, sometimes you also just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all in order maintain a measure of sanity — something that veteran NC Newsline editorial cartoonist John Cole […]

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Today is Election Day and your vote has seldom...

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2024/11/05

Today is Election Day and if you’re like most people, you’re probably breathing a sigh of relief. If nothing else, an end to the constant blitz of electronic ads and mailers will be something that just about everyone will celebrate. As overwhelming and mind numbing as these ads have been, however, it’s vitally important […]

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No matter what happens, here’s what must be done...

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2024/11/05

If you’re like most people, you’re probably breathing a heavy sigh of relief at the conclusion of the 2024 election season. If nothing else, an end to the pins-and-needles stress and the constant blitz of electronic ads and mailers will be something that everyone will celebrate. Indeed, just about every person of every belief system […]

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