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January 10, 2018
Suzanne Monyak
A federal court has delivered a big blow to partisan gerrymandering.
September 12, 2017
MagazineAlan Wolfe
Rules for Radicals
A right-wing economist’s plan to rig democracy for the rich.
May 15, 2017
Graham Vyse
The Supreme Court just delivered a blow to Republicans’ racist voter ID strategy.
March 30, 2017
Sukjong Hong
North Carolina replaces its transgender bathroom bill for the love of ... college basketball.
February 28, 2017
MagazineClio Chang
The Anti-Protest Backlash
Republican lawmakers are trying to criminalize dissent. Does this herald a larger and more dangerous backlash against free speech?
January 3, 2017
Matthew Pratt Guterl
Blue States Must Become Even Bluer
As red states roll back democracy, blue states should double down on true progressivism.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
North Carolina is now America’s most dysfunctional state.
December 21, 2016
Brooks Sterritt
I Was Accused of Voter Fraud in North Carolina
Here's what it taught me about belonging and exclusion in America.
December 16, 2016
Nicole Narea
The North Carolina GOP’s legislative coup takes partisan politics to a whole other level.
December 15, 2016
Sarah Jones
Don’t look away from North Carolina Republicans.
December 2, 2016
Barry Yeoman
The North Carolina GOP Has a New Suppression Tactic: Voter Defamation
As they challenge the results of a governor’s race, the state's Republicans lay the groundwork for a Trump-era assault on voting rights.
November 16, 2016
Spencer Woodman
North Carolina’s War on Voters Is Heating Up
Conservatives are openly considering packing the state Supreme Court. Can anyone stop them?
October 26, 2016
Graham Vyse
Hillary Clinton Is Fighting. Donald Trump Is Folding.
The end of this campaign speaks volumes about how much each candidate really wants the presidency.
October 16, 2016
Graham Vyse
Donald Trump is blaming “animals representing Hillary” for the GOP office firebombing.
A North Carolina GOP headquarters was just firebombed and the timing is curious.
October 15, 2016
Jared Yates Sexton
Donald Trump’s Campaign Has Become a Cult
Friday's rally in Charlotte took Trumpism to a frightening new level.
September 23, 2016
Jeet Heer
The most heartbreaking revelation in Rakeyia Scott’s video is that she suspected police would shoot her husband.
September 23, 2016
Nicole Narea
Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts handed an olive branch to protesters while Governor Pat McCrory maintains his silence.
September 22, 2016
Nicole Narea
When will North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory acknowledge the shooting of Keith Lamont Scott?
September 21, 2016
Clio Chang
Police shootings of black men are major news again—just in time for the election.
September 19, 2016
Sarah Jones
Pat McCrory is feeling a little sensitive right now.

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