Alanna Joyner
Last Saturday, as North Carolina broke a record with more than 6,000 new COVID-19 cases, Republican party leaders ignored COVID-19 restrictions when they held a “Victory party” and meetings in Elkin. Despite the state Department of Health and Human Services reporting that 5,556 more people had been diagnosed with COVID-19 than the day before and…
Read MoreOn Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit backed by Trump to disenfranchise millions of voters in four states—Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. This was the second court order rejecting Trump’s and the Republicans’ requests to change the 2020 election outcome by throwing out millions of voter’s ballots. In yet another desperate attempt to ignore…
Read MoreThe latest ruling by North Carolina Secretary of Labor Cherie Berry is yet another example — in a line of bad decisions — of her incompetence towards workplace safety. After two decades filing in the role as the state’s top enforcer of workplace safety rules, Berry recently ruled that COVID-19 isn’t a workplace hazard, so…
Read MoreBoth federal and state unemployment, protections against evictions and other key stimulus programs are set to expire in the coming weeks. Without the new aid, millions of Americans are at risk as the pandemic worsens. After months of failed negotiations, the House and Senate have resumed stimulus amid the impending housing and economic crisis, yet…
Read MoreDespite Republicans’ desperate attempts to suppress voters, nearly 160 million Americans voted in the 2020 elections — by far the most in history and a level of turnout not seen in over a century. With over 66.7 percent of the voting-eligible population casting ballots this year — the highest percentage since 1900 — state and…
Read MoreLast week, a federal appeals court upheld North Carolina’s voter ID law, which requires voters to present photo identification before casting ballots, even as it acknowledged the state’s “long and shameful history of race-based voter suppression”. Federal judges struck down previous voter ID schemes in which federal judges ruled that the Republican lawmakers targeted minority…
Read MoreDespite Trump and his Republican allies’ attempts to undermine our democracy for months, courts across the country — including, most recently Pennsylvania — have stopped the Trump campaign’s attempt to reverse the certification of the voting results. States like Michigan, Georgia, Arizona are among the remaining battleground states that have certified the results of the…
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve marks the end of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) national eviction moratorium. The expiration of the eviction moratorium would result in millions of Americans losing their homes as COVID-19 cases continue to surge. According to the Aspen Institute, nearly 40 million Americans could face eviction over the next several…
Read MoreLast Monday, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed an executive order aimed at strengthening the state’s mandate involving face masks. As local hospitals and healthcare workers are strained, the new order requires people to wear a mask while they’re exercising, whether that’s inside or not, at a restaurant table unless they are actively eating or…
Read MoreToday, the Supreme Court will hear the Republican lawsuit to overturn The Affordable Care Act (ACA), ending its protections for 135 million Americans with pre-existing conditions and ripping health care away from 20 million Americans — all during an intensifying pandemic. Amid a historic health and economic crisis that has deprived millions of Americans of…
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