Lee Craig, alumni distinguished professor of economics at N.C. State University, explains a key factor in N.C. Democrats’ efforts to disenfranchise black voters in the 1890s and early 1900s. Craig offered these comments during a presentation to the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society Feb. 15, 2010. To watch full-length presentations of John Locke Foundation events, click here.
Advocates: ‘One Door’ policy would get welfare recipients back to work
North Carolina lawmakers on Thursday heard from experts on the so-called “One Door” welfare reform policy implemented by Utah, a policy that advocates say helped to streamline the system and get more welfare recipients back into the labor force.