Eleanore Wood
There are two tax-related constitutional amendments on the ballot this November – a property tax cap and an income tax cap. North Carolinians, feeling the squeeze of rising prices, start out generally supportive of these amendments – but only because they don’t immediately see any downsides. North Carolinians need to see that these amendments are…
On Tuesday, North Carolinians flocked to the Dolly Parton mural in Asheville to honor the Queen of Country. Fans laid flowers and left notes in chalk on the sidewalk. Tributes poured in online from musicians, celebrities, and politicians. Governor Josh Stein even lowered North Carolina’s flags to half-staff. North Carolina loved Dolly Parton. Of course…
This week, the Supreme Court dealt another blow to Americans’ voting rights. In their ruling, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority gutted the Voting Rights Act– a law that ensured that communities of color could build power and have a voice when electoral maps are drawn. For decades, the Voting Rights Act ensured that communities of…
This has been a tough, tough week for our state. From Charlotte to the Triangle, Border Patrol agents have raided our communities. In their masks and paramilitary uniforms, they’ve operated drones and broken windows, shuttered businesses and forced families indoors. For however cruel and violent federal agents have been this week, North Carolinians have responded…
With the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday occurring earlier this week, Bishop William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign, took the opportunity to demand that President Joe Biden and members of Congress meet with religious leaders and low-wealth people to discuss policies that have kept millions of Americans in poverty. “Elected officials on…
Raleigh, Knightdale, and Morrisville join the growing list of North Carolina communities that have passed LGBTQ-inclusive non-discrimination ordinances. So far, 18 communities across the state have adopted local protections from discrimination in employment and public accommodation. The adoption of ordinances protects North Carolinians from discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, natural hairstyle, and more.…
“It is a matter of life and death. The things that have been done and the things that are weird, we’re not going anywhere. Sometimes I feel like we’re a bunch of hamsters and the trail just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning. We’re all nervous. We’re all scared. We know our health needs to…
“I think this is one of the most important moments for the soul of our nation and for just about everyone that lives in it. We have a choice and I know a lot of commentators have said that between the two different moral viewpoints, one moral viewpoint values safety, and security in the lives…
“There’s a lot of weight on us and our generation right now, cause this is the election to really change the whole course of our country. Being young, being black, being LGBTQ it’s very hard to see your hand. Just let voter suppression pass us by. I was just driving by, I wasn’t aware of…
“It feels wonderful to me. It’s going to feel wonderful to everybody. What’s going to hurt the ones that ain’t going to vote, that don’t vote. So that’s who I’m going to look for now.” Mazie Moore – Winston-Salem, NC Photo by Chad Nance