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Saturday Morning Post

Crazy week in NC politics. Crazy. The scrambling continues after Bev Perdue’s announcement. Lt. Guv Walter Dalton is in because, as someone said, that’s what [...]
January 28, 2012 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Current Events, Elections | Tags: , , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Tolerance in Durham

One notable aspect of the Daily Beast MLK feature naming Durham the country’s most tolerant city is the photo they chose to use for the [...]
January 16, 2012 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Media | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

New housing crisis report out

Big report out today on the housing crisis by the Center for Responsible Lending. A lot of stunning numbers and some you would expect. CRL [...]
November 17, 2011 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Current Events, Economy | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

First out date looms — here we go

Tomorrow is the scheduled day for the First Out for the redistricting plans submitted for North Carolina’s congressional and state legislature districts. First Out is [...]
October 31, 2011 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Courts, Current Events, Elections, Redistricting | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Forrester fury

No doubt State Senator James Forrester will be playing the victim card any second now. The legislature’s chief proponent of amending the North Carolina constitution [...]
September 30, 2011 | Posted in: Civil Rights, NCSenate | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Marriage amendment out of committee

The House Rule Committee has passed H61 — a bill authorizing a referendum on a constitutional amendment restricting marriage. It now goes to the North [...]
September 12, 2011 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Constitution | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Marriage amendment debate

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September 12, 2011 | Posted in: Civil Rights, Constitution | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

The Gathering Storm comes to NC

Here’s what we have to look forward to in the next year if the move to put the Gay People Can’t Marry amendment on the [...]
September 8, 2011 | Posted in: 2012 Elections, Civil Rights, General Assembly, video | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink