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North Carolina
Posted inPolitics
Mark Robinson: A Product of the Republican Controversy Pipeline
Robinson became famous for a viral comment at a city council meeting. His rhetoric is now coming back to haunt him.
Posted inVideos
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Every News Story That’s Happened This Week
David Dayen and Maureen Tkacik try their best to get through all of them.
Posted inLaw and Justice
As North Carolina Sidelines Juvenile Justice Reforms, Communities Step In
Winston-Salem community groups had already banded together to strengthen efforts to help troubled young people in the face of more punitive policies.
Posted inPolitics
Debating Public Education in North Carolina
The election for superintendent of public instruction features a mainstream educator against a homeschooler.
Posted inTransportation
North Carolina Fuels a Microtransit Revolution
Public, on-demand ridesharing networks revitalize travel in exurban communities.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Salvaging Voting Rights Long After ‘Shelby’
The Supreme Court’s elimination of preclearance has come back to haunt the courts in cases involving Southern states’ attempts to dilute Black voting power.
Posted inPodcasts
Who Is Mike Johnson?
The Left Anchor hosts discuss the new speaker of the House, the end of democracy in North Carolina, and the latest from Gaza.
Posted inPolitics
North Carolina Shuts Government Off From the People
A change to public records laws, which takes effect today, allows legislators full discretion to retain, sell, or destroy their own documents.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Small Town That’s Connecting America
Hickory, North Carolina, is home to nearly half of the country’s fiber-optic cable production, which is growing because of the Biden infrastructure law.