With “Go Everywhere” Strategy, Beasley Breaks With Dem Playbook for Statewide Races
“Often candidates don’t go to the most remote areas of the state, but it really has been important to me. I mean, we are a people powered campaign.”
Raleigh Duo The Foreign Exchange Lands on Barack Obama’s Summer 2022 Playlist
“You never know how far your music is gonna travel, and I’m just thankful that people are still discovering our work after all these years,” Phonte Coleman told the INDY.
National Prognosticators Say NC Senate Race Will Favor GOP Candidate Who Emerges from the Primary
Presumed Democratic nominee Cheri Beasley faces an uphill fight, but will bring plenty of experience and funding to the effort.
Jonah Garson Aims to Build a Democratic Community in His Bid for the District 56 Seat
The former chair of the Orange County Democratic Party is the second candidate to launch a bid for Rep. Verla Insko’s seat for when she retires at the end of next year.
Back to the Drawing Board: An FAQ on Redistricting in N.C. in 2021
Redistricting will dominate the news and political discourse for months to come. In this FAQ, we cover the basics you need to know to follow along and participate in the process.
Raleigh Artist Lesthegenius Named on Barack Obama’s End-of-Year List
Former President Obama has very good taste in music.
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.
More Barack Obama Coverage
History Belongs to Those Who Seize Moments and Build Movements. Don’t Let 2019 Go to Waste.
This will be a defining moment for America. (Or, you know, maybe not.)
Letters: The Nation May Yet Be Saved
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Thom Tillis: Trump Has Shown “More Respect for Our Troops in Nine Months” Than Obama Ever Did.
President Trump set off a firestorm earlier this week when he falsely claimed that Barack Obama never contacted the relatives of fallen soldiers. Since then, he has been dogged by revelations calling into question the sincerity of his relationship with Gold Star families. The mother of a soldier slain in June claimed the president disrespected…
Donald Trump Launched Missiles at Syria and We Should Really Talk About That
I awoke this morning to the not-entirely-unexpected news that President Trump had launched fifty-nine Tomahawk missiles at a Syrian airbase, in retaliation for a chemical-weapons attack allegedly launched by Syrian President Bashar al Assad Tuesday that killed more than one hundred of his own people, including more than two dozen children. Trump had telegraphed his…
Democracy in Crisis: What Prince Igor’s Horse Might Say About Donald Trump’s Supreme Court Nominee
Editor’s note: The author of this guest post, Lawrence Weschler, is a former staff writer for The New Yorker. Some of you already know the story: A fresh season of pogroms has descended across the Pale of Settlement, and the Cossacks are on the rampage, rape and pillage and burnt synagogues engulfing one village after…
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