The Progressive Pulse: Democrats decry racial health disparities in their renewed push for Medicaid expansion
The Washington Post: The GOP’s anti-transgender bills are ignorance in action
The Progressive Pulse: NC Democrats push for common sense voting reforms
N.C. Policy Watch: Despite a federal stay on evictions, landlords are ousting their tenants
N.C. Policy Watch: New national report: NC among states at “extreme risk” of gerrymandering
WRAL: Five years later, Democratic lawmakers still fighting to erase HB2, promote LGBT rights
Patsy Takemoto Mink: First Woman of Color in Congress
The federal pandemic relief bill contains a big carrot to expand Medicaid. Will North Carolina bite?
WRAL: N.C. elections officials did a great job in 2020. Provide what’s needed to do even better.
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Healthcare
Everyone should be able to get the care we need without breaking the bank.
Environment
Old, young, white, black, or brown -- we should all be able to have safe water to drink and clean air to breathe.
Health Care
Old, young, white, black, or brown -- we should all be able to get the care we need without breaking the bank.
The real drain on our health care system is greedy special interests trying to profit from life and death. By coming together and electing politicians who will make health care more accessible and affordable, we can build a system that truly values people over profits.
Education
No matter what we look like or where we live, we all want our children to have a quality education. Wealthy special interests and the politicians they control are trying to dismantle public schools so they can turn education into a business.
Through unity and collective action, we can once again give educators the resources they need to make sure all of our children succeed.
Environment
Old, young, white, black, or brown -- we should all be able to have safe water to drink and clean air to breathe.
Greedy special interests want to put their profits over the health of the people. By coming together and electing politicians who will keep corporations in check we can build a system that truly values people over profits.
Democracy
A government only works when it works for everyone. We must join together and show that no politician is above the law, and no government is above the will of the voters. We must end corporate lobbying and pay-to-play donations, and elect leaders who reflect the people they serve -- leaders who have walked in our shoes and understand our challenges.
Economy
Certain politicians and their greedy lobbyists hurt everyone by handing kickbacks to the rich, defunding our schools, and threatening our seniors with cuts to Medicare and Social Security. Then they turn around and point the finger for our hard times at poor families, Black people, and new immigrants.
We need to join together with people from all walks of life to fight for our future.
Immigration
The immigration experience, one of moving from a familiar home to an uncertain future, is based on hope and opportunity. While recent attacks on immigrants and the concept are dispiriting, they can’t defeat that hope and opportunity.
By coming together and uniting we can create the kind of country we want to be. One that values the contributions and participation of all people.
WRAL: New coalition on the left presses inequality issues during COVID-19 and beyond
By Travis Fain, WRAL statehouse reporter A new coalition of left-leaning groups came together over the last month and a half, and it’s pushing state leaders to address economic inequality as government responds to COVID-19, and longer term. The group, NC United for Survival & Beyond, lists some 200 organizations as members. Many are smaller grassroots operations,…
The Sanford Herald: Teacher By Day / EMT By Night: Politicians put health of schools at risk
From The Sanford Herald: Like countless N.C. educators, I’m forced to work a second job to make ends meet. Unlike most of my colleagues, my second job isn’t retail, it’s saving lives. Every Friday after I finish grading coursework, I head to my weekend job as an EMT/firefighter in Harnett County and pull 12-hour shifts.…
Amanda Smith: State putting the squeeze on teachers
From The Daily Reflector: It’s certainly not unusual for teachers to stay in their classrooms long after school ends to grade papers and plan for upcoming lessons. It’s part of the job I expected when I became a teacher. But something I didn’t expect was having to work a second job to make ends meet…
Fox 46: Teachers protest decision not to increase their pay
From Fox 46 Charlotte: NC teachers protest for pay raises North Carolina teachers are protesting because they are not getting a pay raise per lawmakers in Raleigh. Teachers in Charlotte protested Wednesday because they’re not getting pay raises from the state of North Carolina. Lawmakers failed to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of pay raises.
Tessa Pendley: Why teachers blame the GOP legislature for no pay raise before the holidays
Union Hill Elementary School teacher Tessa Pendley speaks out about the budget and the lack of any compromise from GOP leaders in North Carolina’s legislature. From The Greensboro News & Record North Carolina educators don’t have much to be thankful for this holiday season when it comes to the latest meager “raises” offered up by legislative…
A math teacher does the math on NC teacher pay
Wake County math teacher Celia Rowland sets the record straight on teacher pay in North Carolina. From The News & Observer $66,267. No, that is definitely not my salary as a teacher. It’s the total amount I have “lost” from the state thanks to a decade of pay freezes, the loss of longevity pay, and the step…