A typical North Carolina moderate might beat a Trump ally in Tuesday’s special election, but state Democrats need to think longer term.

Climate change is accelerating the spread of lethal algal blooms in American waterways—with devastating results for humans and animals alike.

Georgia's "fetal heartbeat" bill never would have passed if the state legislature truly reflected the voters' political preferences.

Democrats have slowly started to win back seats at the state level. But ALEC is doing all it can to make sure it doesn’t matter.

Republicans in multiple states are using lame-duck sessions to disempower the Democrats who won in last month's blue wave.

Trump has seized the federal bench, but there's hope for Democrats in the lower judiciary.

Years of Republican rule in North Carolina left the state vulnerable to the predictable impacts of a storm like Florence.

Why America should rethink how it talks about—and ranks—tropical storms

The most disgusting threat posed by Hurricane Florence has a deep connection to our dinner plates.

With its hog manure pits, coal waste ponds, and toxic Superfund sites, North Carolina is among the worst places a major cyclone could hit.

Why are America's elite universities censoring themselves on China?

Not since the Tea Party wave in 2009 has America seen such widespread grassroots activism.

Barbara Ehrenreich’s radical critique of wellness and self-improvement

The failure of North Carolina to secure a Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant points to the shortsighted thinking of Republican statehouses.