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State Appeals Court to decide whether Alamance monument challenge can proceed

Plaintiffs led by the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP want the state Court of Appeals to revive their lawsuit against the Confederate monument that sits outside the Alamance County Courthouse in Graham. A three-judge appellate panel heard an hour of arguments in the case Tuesday. A trial judge ruled in favor of the county. Opponents urged the panel to reverse that decision.

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Alamance County defends decision to keep Confederate monument in Graham

Alamance County commissioners filed paperwork with the state’s second-highest court this week defending their decision not to remove a Confederate monument from the county courthouse property in Graham in 2020. The North Carolina Court of Appeals is considering a challenge to that decision from plaintiffs led by the North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP.

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Film on 1898 Wilmington coup ‘In the Pines’ wins at Golden Hour Film Festival

In the Pines, a John Locke Foundation-produced short film based on the 1898 insurrection that toppled Wilmington’s elected local government, recently won Best Film and two other awards at the Golden Hour Film Festival in Morganton. In addition to Best Film, Pandora Broadwater won Best Actress for her role as an older version of protagonist...

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Justice Berger explores future of ‘fruits of their own labor’ protections

North Carolina’s constitution has protected people’s rights to the “enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor” for more than 150 years. But the state’s highest court continues to wrestle with the form that protection should take. That was a key message in N.C. Supreme Court Justice Phil Berger Jr.’s May 10 presentation to the Bastiat Society of Raleigh.

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Canton paper mill closure like “a death in the family”

A paper mill, which has been operating for more than 100 years and is integral to the economy of Canton, is slated to close by June 2023. This will force around 1,300 workers currently employed at the mill to seek new jobs.

Zach Rounceville
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History of ‘The Right’ offers clues about future of conservatism

Matthew Continetti, senior fellow and Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity at the American Enterprise Institute, authored the book “The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism.” Continetti discussed the history of American conservatism and the outlook for its future with Carolina Journal. He delivers the annual John W. Pope Lecture at...

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