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Donald Trump by Gage Skidmore for CPAC (Creative Commons Use License)
Why Trump Won’t Call White Nationalism a Threat
He needs it, so he feeds it Read more
Mar. 18, 2019
Place Your Bets for Raleigh’s Next Mayor!
We’re setting the odds. You send the money. (Checks payable to cash, please.) Read more
Mar. 15, 2019
Trump, Who Said Neo-Nazis Are “Very Fine People,” Has a New Talking Point: “Democrats Hate Jewish People”
2020 is already exhausting. Read more
Mar. 12, 2019
Donald Trump Wants You to Be Afraid of the Coming Socialist Nightmare
He can’t win. He needs the other guys to lose. You’re going to hear the S-word a lot. Read more
Mar. 06, 2019
The Democratic Primary Is Full of Big Ideas—and Candidates Who Won’t Do What It Takes to Make Them Happen
If your progressive agenda doesn’t include institutional reform, you’re just kidding yourself. Read more
Feb. 27, 2019
Why Should Cheaters Prosper?
A judge ruled the General Assembly couldn’t use its ill-gotten supermajorities to put constitutional amendments on the ballot. So why should its veto overrides stand? Read more
Feb. 25, 2019
The Real Threat From Donald Trump’s Fake Emergency
Maybe Donald Trump is too incompetent to be dangerous, but when he’s gone, this genie won’t want to go back into the bottle. Read more
Feb. 18, 2019
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Feb. 12, 2019
Journalism Has a Problem. And Journalism’s Problem Is Democracy’s Problem.
McClatchy, the N&O’s parent company, just offered 10 percent of its employees a buyout. The hits keep on coming. Read more
Feb. 11, 2019
Let’s Have a Bad-Faith Debate About Abortion!
Roe is threatened. Conservatives see an opening. You’re going to start hearing words like “infanticide” a whole lot. Read more
Feb. 05, 2019
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