Democracy
Republicans in the General Assembly have spent the past few months dragging their feet to draw new fair legislative maps. Their racially gerrymandered maps were unanimously ruled unconstitutional months ago, and they have yet to redraw the maps. After a 3-judge panel told them they have until September 1 to redraw the maps, there has…
Read MoreFollowing the US Supreme Court ruling North Carolina’s legislative districts unconstitutional and a 3-judge panel telling the North Carolina General Assembly to redraw North Carolina’s legislative maps, the NC-GOP continues to drag their feet. They continue to fail to draw new maps, despite ample time, and it’s becoming more and more clear they have no…
Read MoreTrump and the GOP have taken yet another step toward sabotaging health care for millions of Americans. The Trump administration ended the ACA contracts that assisted libraries, urban areas, and businesses in helping people sign up for health insurance. This makes it harder for the uninsured to look for and find insurance and harder for…
Read MoreProgress NC Action released the following statement on Friday in response to bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) that would protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller while he leads an investigation into the Trump campaign’s dealings with Russia: “After Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, we urged North Carolina’s senators to support an…
Read MoreThe legislature returns for a special session Thursday, August 3, and their main concern should be redrawing unconstitutional racially gerrymandered legislative districts. But they aren’t even planning to address the recent ruling that they have one month left to redraw these districts. Instead, their plan is to focus on overriding Gov. Cooper’s vetoes. We need…
Read MoreThe NCGOP racially gerrymandered North Carolina’s legislative districts and following a unanimous United States Supreme Court decision that they were unconstitutional, the NCGOP has yet to redraw the maps. This means that North Carolinians are still being represented in the General Assembly by unconstitutionally elected leaders. As a result of the NCGOP’s racial gerrymandering, legislators…
Read MoreNearly two months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Republican lawmakers unconstitutionally gerrymandered dozens of legislative districts based on race, the General Assembly still hasn’t drawn new maps. In fact, a three-judge panel will meet on Thursday to decide whether to force lawmakers into action. The General Assembly is in no rush to redraw…
Read MoreAfter the Senate’s health care bill didn’t pass, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will vote for a full repeal of the ACA. Following this breakthrough, Trump tweeted that he will just let the ACA fail. But what they don’t acknowledge is that the ACA is not failing. The GOP claims the ACA is…
Read MoreThom Tillis is taking extra precautions to avoid speaking with his constituents. He’s not answering phone calls, not accepting mail and not allowing folks to enter his offices to leave messages or speak with him. He even has police tape blocking the entrance to one of his offices in North Carolina. Tillis is going to…
Read MoreIt’s no secret that Senator Thom Tillis has refused to host an in-person town hall since he was elected Senator, but Tuesday he took it a step even further. Tuesday he said he will not be accepting mail sent to his office nor will he be accepting visitors. Tillis is very clearly disrespecting his constituents…
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