With unprecedented aggression, Republicans moved to strip Governor-Elect Roy Cooper of most of his powers after he defeated disgraced one-term Governor Pat McCrory in 2016. They followed up on this authoritarianism repeatedly, attempting to abolish any authority that the governor wielded in state government. Read More
Democrats need to be disciplined in our messaging, not the loudest and most outrageous. Read More
Returning to a 40 percent threshold to win a primary election will strengthen the electoral process. Read More
Republicans want to get back to that view of history where White leaders were always the real protagonists. Read More
It is very hard to demonize anyone once you get to know them, their family, their history, where they go to church and where they attended college. Read More
Do Americans have enough fight in them to resist the madness? Read More
House and Senate appropriators should prepare tight budgets for the next two fiscal years that address hurricane relief and reconstruction, maintain basic services, and identify hundreds of millions of dollars in savings to reallocate. Read More
We can be thankful there are those in the public square who are committed to what’s good about all of us, that we can all share. Read More
Our ability to create is undeniable, but our track record of sustaining what we build is not so great. Read More
