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Gay Rights Advocates Increasing
You can call it the “bandwagon effect,” or “political opportunism” or, the “wake-up-call effect,” or, less cynically, an old American tradition. Whatever you call it, in the last month it seems everybody and their
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Have Your Say Without the Insults
Political civility is dead. We know: that’s not news to anyone. We were reminded by Felice Pete of just how uncivil – and uncivilized, to some extent – folks are these days. The Wake
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Parmon: current session is the worst
Local Democratic members of the General Assembly frustrated by GOP’s moves With the election of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, the North Carolina Legislature became a supermajority, with Republicans controlling the House, Senate and the
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Guest Columnist Bill Fletcher
Leading up to November 6, I found myself focused on the matter of voter suppression and electoral shenanigans committed by the Republicans. This concern was not for nothing. Prior to and on Election Day, there
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Half empty or half full: Local lawmakers pessimistic and optimistic about GOP gains in N.C.
The Republican Party further secured its stronghold on North Carolina after last week’s election. When the General Assembly opens its 2013 session in January, the GOP will hold 32 of the 50 seats in
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The 47 Percent
When Mitt Romney was busted boasting to wealthy supporters that he has no use for the 47 percent of the American voters who don’t pay federal income tax, the former Massachusetts governor further hobbled
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