Democracy
Last week, North Carolina State Rep. David Lewis resigned moments before being charged with two federal crimes. Lewis, the chairman of the House Rules Committee since 2015, was found to have conducted a scheme to transfer money from his campaign committee to help his ailing farm. According to court documents, Lewis made $365,000 in transfers…
Read MoreSix states, including North Carolina, sued the Postal Service and the U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Friday, alleging that recent operational and service changes have harmed the ability of states to conduct free and fair elections. On the same day, DeJoy testified before a Senate committee about the operation and integrity of the Postal…
Read MoreAmid the Republican National Convention taking place in Charlotte, North Carolina this week, mourners across the nation joined in for the March for the Dead on Friday. As more than 176,000 Americans have passed away from COVID-19, people who have lost loved ones are demanding accountability from the Trump Administration over its mishandling of the…
Read MoreIn a long list of false claims and furious objections to voting-by-mail, Trump admitted on Thursday that he’s willingly blocking proposed federal aid for the U.S. Postal Service in an attempt to make it harder to expand voting by mail. For years, the Postal Service has struggled to stay afloat, and with Louis DeJoy, a…
Read MoreLast Thursday, the Senate adjourned until September 8, without reaching a deal for the next round of coronavirus relief legislation. The lack of a deal leaves millions of Americans in financial peril, as the $600 per week federal unemployment benefit, the nationwide moratorium on evictions and the window to apply for Paycheck Protection Program small…
Read MoreLast week, the U.S. Census Bureau announced that its ending all counting efforts, including door knocks, responses by mail, over the phone and online, for the 2020 census on Sept. 30 — a month sooner than previously announced. The last minute change imposed by the Trump administration, could threaten the accuracy of population numbers, especially…
Read MoreTrump has continued his relentless attack on vote-by-mail elections as many are considering the alternative option due to the pandemic. And as the Postal Service announced its three month $2.2 billion loss, its dire financial situation can be traced back to decades of attempts to privatize the mail carrier. Since the first negotiation of the…
Read MoreOn Saturday, Trump signed three memoranda and one executive order at his exclusive New Jersey golf resort, ahead of any stimulus bill agreement between the House and Senate. In an attempt to appear to come to the nation’s rescue, Trump’s measures would provide $300 per week in federal unemployment assistance with another $100 a week…
Read MoreTrump continued his long exhausted list of false claims about vote-by-mail in the 2020 election last Thursday, going so far as to suggest that the election be “delayed”, despite having no authority to do so. Trump’s suggestion prompted lawmakers from both sides publicly rejecting the suggestion and Trump’s false claim that mail-in ballots would result…
Read MoreLast week marked the end of statewide eviction moratoriums in more than 30 states, including North Carolina, that had protections for renters in the CARES Act. More than 40 million Americans may lose their homes — almost four times the amount seen during the Great Recession. In North Carolina, Gov. Cooper mandated a months-long statewide…
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