If legislative Democrats refuse to restrain the incumbent governor, perhaps it's time to think about 2025.
[Editor’s note: This is part two of a three-part series from Joshua Peters on the discussion of race and the teaching of American history. Part one is available here.] In an effort to delineate in precise terms those responsible for black suffrage, there are three areas of interest: social, economic, and political. I will inspect...
Through one of Donald Trump’s final acts as president, former N.C. Republican Party chairman Robin Hayes became one of the most prominent North Carolinians to receive a presidential pardon. The White House announced more than 140 pardons and commutations Wednesday, Jan. 20, hours before the inauguration. Hayes was one of several Republican political figures to...
This summer’s racial protests and violence have propelled the issue of slavery reparations under the national spotlight. It is a central feature of the list of demands forwarded by the Movement for Black Lives — a coalition of “Black Lives Matter” and other related groups. For the first time since Reconstruction, there are currently bills in the...
Bloomberg Energy this month issued an attention-grabbing report on a serious waste problem with wind turbines: Retired turbine blades are clogging up landfills. This problem is only going to get worse, as Bloomberg reports, because right now the blades at the end of their lifespan are from wind power built more than a decade ago....
Talk of momentum is mostly an exercise in mysticism. Unless measured physically — as it relates to velocity and mass — momentum is figurative, nothing more than idea, a feeling. Yet it’s an apt description of something in motion, and I can think of no better word to represent the steady progress of ideas —...
Robert Redford's "The Conspirator" is a gripping film for history buffs to anticipate future projects.
RALEIGH -- Republicans have not held this much legislative power in North Carolina for more than 140 years.
With a uniquely competitive Congressional race centered around a major city and a senator facing reelection and/or running for president, the political season is in full swing in NC.
