All posts tagged "north carolina"
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DEMOCRACY
Republican Candidate For Charlotte Mayor Lists Being ‘White’ And ‘Smart’ Among Her Qualifications
September 6, 2017Former Mecklenburg County magistrate Kimberley Paige Barnette, a Republican candidate for mayor in Charlotte, N.C., listed...
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NEWS
NC Governor Calls For Removal Of All Confederate Monuments On State Property
August 15, 2017Gov. Roy Cooper released an op-ed Tuesday afternoon where he called for the removal of all...
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NEWS
NC Protesters Topple 100-Year-Old Statue Dedicated To “The Confederate States of America”
August 14, 2017Protestors in Durham, North Carolina joined forces to topple a nearly 100-year-old monument in Durham that was...
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DEMOCRACY
NC Governor Calls Special Session To Redraw Unconstitutional, Racially Gerrymandered Districts
June 8, 2017North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) will call the Republican-led state legislature into special session in...
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Authoritarianism
Supreme Court Once Again Strikes Down Racially Gerrymandered NC Legislative Districts
June 5, 2017The Supreme Court upheld on Monday a lower court’s decision to throw out state legislative district...
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DEMOCRACY
Supreme Court Rules Against North Carolina In Racial Gerrymandering Case
May 22, 2017The Supreme Court ruled Monday that North Carolina illegally packed black voters into two voting districts....
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DEMOCRACY
North Carolina Republicans Pass Bill To Protect Drivers Who Hit Protesters With Their Cars
April 27, 2017Republicans in North Carolina’s House of Representatives introduced a bill that would grant legal protections for...