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Pat McCrory
June 12, 2023
Daniel Strauss
No Labels’ Latest Recruit: The North Carolina Ex-Governor Behind the Infamous “Bathroom Bill”
Pat McCrory oversaw the most contentious, divisive four years in the Tarheel State’s modern history. This is transpartisanship?
September 8, 2022
Daniel Strauss
Why North Carolina in 2022 Could Cost Biden Dearly in 2024
Republicans could be poised to return veto-proof majorities in the state houses. Goodbye, abortion rights. So long, voting rights.
December 24, 2019
Nick Martin
The Decade When Republicans Stole the States
How the North Carolina GOP's anti-democratic chicanery became the national party's playbook for electoral theft
March 13, 2018
Amanda Abrams
Forget Tax Breaks. Education Is the Key to Attracting Businesses.
The failure of North Carolina to secure a Toyota-Mazda manufacturing plant points to the shortsighted thinking of Republican statehouses.
July 13, 2017
Graham Vyse
Liberals Can’t Ignore the Right’s Hatred for Academia
A majority of Republicans think colleges and universities are bad for the country. That has consequences for all Americans.
March 30, 2017
Sukjong Hong
North Carolina replaces its transgender bathroom bill for the love of ... college basketball.
December 22, 2016
Alex Shephard
North Carolina is now America’s most dysfunctional state.
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.
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 19, 2016
Sarah Jones
Pat McCrory is feeling a little sensitive right now.
August 24, 2016
Eric Kleefeld
Is this the year when anti-LGBT political campaigns reach a dead end?
July 21, 2016
Alex Shephard
North Carolina’s anti-trans bathroom law just cost it the NBA All-Star Game.
April 21, 2016
Adam Peck
When Donald Trump finds your laws too discriminatory, you’re doing something wrong.
April 12, 2016
Adam Peck
North Carolina’s governor is starting to regret his decision to sign HB2.
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