Throughout the 1990s, Democrats supported punitive criminal justice laws. The nation has changed, and Democrats must do likewise.
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Posted inLaw and Justice
Fighting to Release Prisoners From a COVID-19 Death Sentence
The Bureau of Prisons knows they need to release people to stop the spread of COVID-19. So why aren’t they?
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Tar Heel State Showdown Over Medicaid
Even as Trump attacks Medicaid, 2020 might be the year for expansion in North Carolina.
Posted inPolitics
Latino Organizing Boosts Sanders in North Carolina
The work is intended to build capacity for immigrant rights movements in the future.
Posted inPolitics
Elizabeth Warren Dreams Big in North Carolina
The candidate’s first trip to the state featured recent endorser and Squad member Ayanna Pressley.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
How Democracy Died in North Carolina
Republicans sneaking through a budget bill while Democrats attended a 9/11 ceremony exemplifies how the Tar Heel State’s political institutions have been decimated by right-wing rule.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Voter Suppression Chronicles
When the Roberts Court all but nullified the Voting Rights Act, it said the pre-1965 practices were long gone. New hearings by the House make clear: They’re back.
Posted inTAP
About that North Carolina Do-Over Election
As you have probably read or heard by now, the ballot fraud in North Carolina’s Ninth Congressional district was so brazen and so toxic that even the Republicans on the state election commission felt compelled to order a new election. Think about this for a moment. For years, Republicans have been justifying voter suppression measures […]
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Civil Rights Advocate Elected to North Carolina Supreme Court
Can a leading voting rights attorney win election to a Southern state’s supreme court? On Tuesday, she did.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Taking Back North Carolina
In control of the gerrymandered legislature, Republicans are trying to strip power from the courts and the governor. The Democrats are fighting them at the polls.