NCGOP’s New Voting Bill Was Taken Nearly Word-for-Word From Group Run by Election-Denying Trump Lawyer
North Carolina Republicans are working in lock-step with Donald Trump’s election deniers to silence voters in our state.
June 7, 2023
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Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Called the Civil Rights Movement a Communist Plot, Greensboro Sit-Ins a ‘Ridiculous Premise’
At the same time Mark Robinson was mocking children who had survived a school shooting, he was also going on conspiracy theorist podcasts to trash the Civil Rights Movement.
May 31, 2023
What’s Going on at the Former American Hebrew Academy in Greensboro?
DHHS has named the former Hebrew Academy Greensboro Piedmont Academy. It will be used as transitional housing and a school for unaccompanied immigrant children who come into the United States illegally.
May 31, 2023
AG Josh Stein, With Numerous Victories Under His Belt, Says He Wants to Take on More ‘Big Fights’ as NC’s Next Governor
“I have been fighting for the people of North Carolina as their attorney general, taking on big battles for them and winning — whether it’s opioids, or e-cigarettes or sexual assault kits or child safety, or clean drinking water,” AG Josh Stein told Axios.
May 30, 2023
The Deadly Impact of Republicans and Gun Enthusiasts’ Most Beloved Weapon
“It is a weapon of war that is really only suitable for soldiers in a combat zone,” Lindsay Nichols, policy director for the Giffords Law Center, told NBC News. “Its ability to kill a lot of people quickly is the reason why we want it banned.”
May 23, 2023
Trans Rights Advocates, Doctors Continue to Push Back Against the NCGOP’s Hateful Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislation
According to a study by the Williams Institute at the University of California-Los Angeles, gender-affirming care is under attack in 30 states, which puts around 150,000 transgender children at risk of losing their access to care.
May 22, 2023
NC House & Senate Budget Proposals Fail to Address State’s Most Important Needs
Gov. Roy Cooper said the Senate’s proposal is a “historic disaster for public education” because “It fails to fund basic needs and will force school leaders to cut everything from bus routes to courses.”
May 22, 2023
NC Sen. Michael Lee is Just Another Anti-Abortion Extremist
Sen. Lee was a deciding vote on the bill that will impose often insurmountable barriers on early abortions. In doing so, he voted in lock-step with far-right Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly in an effort to decimate reproductive freedom in our state.
May 22, 2023
North Carolina Community Pushes Back Against Election Deniers
Jerry Forestieri and Timothy DeHaan were dismissed by the N.C. State Board of Elections during a hearing held earlier this year, after they were found to have “violated their duties as county board members to comply with laws as they exist.”
May 17, 2023
Big Government NCGOP Trying to Step In and Take Control of Nash County School Board
Earlier this month, the Nash County Board of Education passed a resolution by an 8-3 vote condemning a state Senate bill that would take away the voices of Black members of the board.
May 17, 2023