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NC voter attitudes on elections: both encouraging and...

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2024/09/05

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Judge’s logic-defying order brands Breonna Taylor’s...

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2024/09/03

It is disappointing that a Kentucky federal judge dismissed felony charges against two former police officers charged in the death of Breonna Taylor during a 2020 raid. But the decision by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Simpson III to place blame for the 26-year-old emergency-room technician’s death squarely on boyfriend Kenneth Walker III defies logic. […]

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Courts should quickly toss out cynical GOP voter...

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2024/09/03

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A referendum on despotism

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2024/09/03

It’s been a long time since questions of foreign policy played an important role in the outcome of a U.S. presidential election. George W. Bush’s quagmire in Iraq clearly figured heavily in Barack Obama’s 2008 victory. But before that, one probably needs to go back to Ronald Reagan’s campaigns of 1980 and ’84, or maybe […]

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RFK Jr’s election hokey pokey

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2024/09/02

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Some obvious steps NC lawmakers should take to help...

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2024/09/02

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Biden’s clean energy plan: Pro-worker, pro-consumer,...

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2024/08/28

As a union member of LU 553 for 30 years, I know the difference a good-paying, pro-worker job can make. I am proud to be a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), which has been advocating for high safety standards, family-supporting wages, and industry-leading benefits for its members since 1891. The IBEW […]

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Democrats look to seize the high ground on freedom...

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2024/08/27

The national presidential race has undergone a sudden and striking overhaul in recent weeks. President Joe Biden’s decision to turn the reins of the Democratic Party over to Vice President Kamala Harris has sparked a remarkable resurgence of energy and enthusiasm amongst voters who generally support the policies of the past four years but felt […]

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Rid of Raffensperger, Georgia Election Board blazes...

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2024/08/26

In the aftermath of the 2020 election, Donald Trump mounted a concerted effort to defy the voters’ verdict and remain in office, even if it meant fomenting violence and blocking the peaceful transfer of power. Yes, he failed, but failure is a very good teacher. Trump and his allies had tested the integrity of our […]

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Running away in the polls…

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2024/08/26

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Judge has chance to right a great wrong in Racial...

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2024/08/23

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North Carolina judges, the fall election, and...

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2024/08/22

As we sprint towards Election Day 2024 with high-profile presidential and congressional elections on the horizon, many of us are talking about how these elections will impact abortion access in North Carolina and around the country. Even if we elect a pro-choice White House, however, the specter of nine unelected justices appointed for life to […]

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NC legislative leaders and the inevitable temptations...

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2024/08/20

In an acceptance speech he delivered in 1991 at a Copenhagen awards ceremony honoring his contributions to European civilization, Vaclav Havel – a poet and playwright who had risen from Soviet-era dissident to become president of what was then still known as Czechoslovakia – used the opportunity to hold forth on the temptations of political […]

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Rising ‘She’ Level

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2024/08/19

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Lower drug prices in Medicare deserve celebration

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2024/08/16

Two years ago, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which lowers drug prices and increases access to life-saving medicines for millions of Americans in Medicare. For decades, drug corporations have price-gouged Medicare enrollees on everything from insulin to blood thinners, but thanks to the new law the nation’s largest drug manufacturers are […]

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A reality check is need for North Carolina’s battered...

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2024/08/14

Like in every election year, the North Carolina current political scene is frothy with excitement. The statewide races are high-stakes and tightly contested, with an immensely consequential governor’s race complemented by competitive contests for attorney general, lieutenant governor, and superintendent of public instruction. Vice President Kamala Harris has a serious chance of winning North Carolina […]

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Social Security and the threat it faces in 2025

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2024/08/14

Today is the 89th anniversary of one of the most important and impactful statutes in American history. It was August 14, 1935, that President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law, thereby establishing a federal system that would dramatically improve the lives of hundreds of millions of people — retirees, people with disabilities, […]

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The nation’s post-Olympics vibe leans hopeful;...

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2024/08/13

If there was a moment that best captured the positive vibe of the recently concluded global media extravaganza that was the Paris Olympic Games, it might just have been the action of a pair of U.S. athletes who missed out on a gold medal. It happened near the conclusion of the women’s gymnastics competition when […]

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A wave of new ads hit the airwaves…

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2024/08/12

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A GED program on North Carolina’s death row: A dream...

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2024/08/08

Nearly a year ago, Gov. Roy Cooper responded to a death row prisoner’s plea for access to a GED program. Ordinarily, people incarcerated in the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) are required to attend a GED program if they do not possess a high school diploma or GED. The NCDAC Mandatory Education policy […]

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