Protesters revved up by Saturday’s march in Raleigh kept the momentum going with a rally in front of the office of Senator Thom Tillis this afternoon, urging the Republican leader to oppose President Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks in an action they dubbed “resist Trump Tuesday.” The rally was one of a number of actions planned […]
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Women’s March on Raleigh Draws 17,000 Supporters
Yesterday, Donald Trump became the forty-fifth president of the United States. Today, the country fought back. Hundreds of thousands of women gathered in cities across the country to protest Trump’s inauguration in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington. In Raleigh, an estimated 17,000 people crowded into Moore Square, far exceeding organizers’ expectations of 5,000. […]
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UNC Students Walk Out in Inauguration Protest
Yesterday, Donald Trump placed his (tiny) hand on the Bible and became the forty-fifth president of the United States. It was a celebratory moment for the historically small crowd that gathered to see it, an ominous and foreboding day for just about everyone else. Trump painted a bleak picture of the United States in his […]
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North Carolinians Will Take Obama Over Trump, Survey Finds
Hey, North Carolina Hillary supporters. Here’s a statistic that might make you want to rip your hair out: One-third of Donald Trump voters in the state think the president-elect should be able to use a private email server. That’s according to a survey released today by the firm Public Policy Polling. The survey, which polled […]
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Activists Demand Removal of Police Officers from Wake County Schools
A few weeks ago, a harrowing Wake County story dominated national headlines. Jasmine Darwin, a fifteen-year-old student at Rolesville High, was savagely slammed to the floor by the school’s designated police officer. The incident, which was captured on video, quickly went viral. An attorney for Darwin’s family claimed the high school student was “slammed on […]
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At the Dawn of the Trump Era, Local Immigrant Groups Aim to Become a Potent Political Force
Maria is emphatic that North Carolina is her home. The native of Guanajuato, Mexico, who asked that her last name not be used, has been in the state for twenty years, longer than anywhere else she’s ever lived. She’s fifty-three years old, with straight dark hair and an easy laugh; she considers herself settled here. […]
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In North Carolina, Women’s Work Is Worth Pennies on the Dollar
Last week, the N.C. Budget & Tax Center released new data on North Carolina’s gender wage gap, throwing more cold water on former governor Pat McCrory and the General Assembly’s much-touted “Carolina Comeback”at least for women, and especially for women of color. The report provided a statewide breakdown of North Carolina’s gender wage gap by […]
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Pennies on the Dollar: A Tour of the North Carolina’s Gender-Wage Gap
Yesterday, the N.C. Budget & Tax Center released new data on the gender wage gap in North Carolina—throwing more cold water on former governor Pat McCrory and the General Assembly’s much-touted “Carolina Comeback.” The data provides a statewide breakdown of North Carolina’s gender wage gap by race and ethnicity, outlining pay data for black women, […]
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Good News: Roy Cooper Wants to Expand Medicaid. Bad News: It Might Be Illegal.
Another day, another political battle in North Carolina. Last week, Governor Cooper formally moved to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which would lead to some five hundred thousand low-income residents gaining access to health care and might, as former Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin told the INDY last year, help tamp down further premium […]