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In an effort to celebrate Black History Month, Progress NC Action is highlighting prominent Black leaders from North Carolina, who have shaped our state through their contributions to arts, sciences, politics, and more. On this day 61 years ago, four North Carolina A&T students held the first major sit-in of the Civil Rights Movement at…
Read MoreIn opening remarks for the new legislative session, N.C. Speaker Tim Moore said, “And above all, we are committed to a system of government that represents justice for all North Carolinians”. What Moore failed to mention was how for decades, the N.C. General Assembly has failed to expand access to health care, housing support, increased…
Read MoreDuke Energy, North Carolina officials and the Sierra Club announced Monday an agreement over the coal ash cleanup. Duke Energy agreed to pay over $1 billion to recycle the ash and close the plants producing them, but the customers may get stuck with the rest of the bill. Under the settlement — which still must…
Read MoreOn Monday, the House delivered to the Senate an article of impeachment against Trump on the charge that the former president incited the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The Senate trial will begin on Feb. 9 with Democrats needing the support of 17 Republicans to convict him. This measure marks Trump as being…
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The swearing in of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States signified that not only the will of the people was heard, but that democracy prevailed. Through our victory, Democrats now have a platform to undo all of Trump’s failures, protect democracy and fulfill their promises to voters who have been disenfranchised…
Read MoreLast Wednesday, the North Carolina General Assembly officially began its two-year session, with COVID-19 relief spending, a two-year state budget, school spending and redistricting among the top agenda items this year. Prior to the NCGA’s adjournment, the Republican-led legislature failed to address long standing unmet needs for struggling North Carolinians. According to the state’s latest…
Read MoreLast week, President-elect Joe Biden announced a two part, $1.9 trillion relief plan that aims to tackle the many crises COVID-19 has imposed and Trump has failed to tackle, including unemployment, financial aid to struggling families and small businesses, and vaccine production. Extending the emergency unemployment insurance program, raising the minimum wage to $15 per…
Read MoreIt is foundational to our American democracy for a peaceful transition of power, and yet, the Trump administration has gone to great lengths to deny a peaceful transition — resulting in an attack on our democracy and the people. From The Miami Herald: In his final days in office, Trump found friends and political allies…
Read MoreLast Wednesday, a group of violent, armed Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to subvert democracy as Trump continues to interfere with a peaceful transition of power. The attack was not only an attempt to help Republicans in Congress to stop the certification of the electoral college count, but an attack on our…
Read MoreEven after a mob of violent Trump supporters swarmed and entered the Capitol on Wednesday, a handful of Republican senators and more than 100 Republican representatives stood by their decisions to vote against certifying the results of the presidential election. Seven of North Carolina’s 10 Republican members of Congress voted Thursday to reject Arizona’s presidential…
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