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Democracy in North Carolina is under attack by the GOP. Since 2011 Republicans have tried to seize control of all branches of government. They have employed unconstitutional extreme partisan and racial gerrymandering to secure their positions effectively chosing their voters rather than allowing voters to choose their representatives. They have tried to suppress voters by…
Read MoreCrisis Pregnancy Centers pop up when you ask Google where you can receive abortion care. While there are nearly 3,000 CPCs in America and only 800 abortion clinics, this is absurd. Women seeking abortion care via Google should not have to worry about being led astray to a Crisis Pregnancy Center. This is yet another…
Read MoreOklahoma lawmakers have introduced legislation that would require those seeking abortion care to get a written consent from their partner. One Republican lawmaker defended this ridiculous bill by stating that women are mere hosts and that pregnant bodies are not their own. This is absolutely ridiculous — it is simply yet another law meant to…
Read MoreThe North Carolina General Assembly has known about the growing GenX contamination in the drinking water since June. They have done next to nothing about it. Rather than making the health of the people of North Carolina a priority, Phil Berger and the Senate have decided that doing nothing is better than increasing regulations on polluters or…
Read MorePoliticians controlling NC’s state legislature are turning our children into political hostages by making school funding dependent on a number of unrelated “poison pill” provisions designed to get Democrats to oppose the legislation. The State Board of Elections and the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline have nothing to do with school funding. Republican leaders simply…
Read MoreFor years the Republican-led General Assembly has been trying to take control of the courts. They made judicial elections partisan. They canceled the primary election for judges. And, most recently, have attempted to gerrymander the judicial districts and even do away with the election of judges altogether. North Carolinians made it clear how they felt…
Read MoreLongtime public school veteran Tom Benton is right to be worried about North Carolina’s public schools. With constant cuts to supply budgets, a serious teacher shortage, and an erosion of the commitment to diversity schools in North Carolina are certainly in trouble. Lawmakers in Raleigh aren’t prioritizing education and instead are giving tax cuts to the…
Read MoreRepublicans in Raleigh are once again playing political games. This time they are using our students as a political football. They created an unfunded mandate to reduce class sizes for grades K-3 in public schools statewide. By not allocating funds to enable schools to employ more teachers and add classrooms schools across the state are…
Read MoreThe abortion pill is typically administered by an in-person abortion care doctor, however, telemedicine allows abortion care doctors to video chat with one seeking abortion care. This means abortion care doctors are able to assess patients via video and prescribe them the abortion pill from long distances. 90% of counties in the United States do…
Read MoreRepublicans in Raleigh are up to their old tricks again. A special session will begin with no agenda. It’s possible they could vote to rig the courts in their favor. They may make it easier for polluters to poison the water. They may do nothing of consequence. Democrats and the public have been kept completely…
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