The NC Justice Center is the preeminent progressive think tank in North Carolina. The organization describes itself as a "progressive research and advocacy organization."
Published: Wednesday, November 28th, 2018 @ 4:31 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The leader of the University of North Carolina Board of Governors says he's cutting ties with East Carolina University
Published: Wednesday, November 21st, 2018 @ 1:29 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders slammed the media on Thursday after CNN White House correspondent and provocateur Jim Acosta tried to trap her with a question over President Donald Trump's views on the media.
Published: Friday, August 10th, 2018 @ 8:28 pm
By: Daily Wire
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President Trump has implemented a whole-of-government approach to safeguard our nation's elections. The President has made it clear that his administration will not tolerate foreign interference in our elections from any nation-state or other dangerous actor.
Published: Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 @ 12:33 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Beverly Boswell for N.C. House Committee responds to Bobby Hanig's shameful, personal attacks against Representative Boswell - making her relive her history as a victim of domestic violence
Published: Saturday, May 5th, 2018 @ 11:13 am
By: Beverly Gwyn Boswell
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The American Character is reflected in Those we Elect or Don't Elect
Published: Monday, December 18th, 2017 @ 2:24 am
By: Bobby Tony
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If you believe the political debate in North Carolina and the rest of the country has grown coarse, predictable, and unproductive, you're not alone
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2017 @ 10:59 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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We are definitely in uncharted political territory here. Trump's "take no prisoners" approach is something we have not seen before from the Republicans.
Published: Monday, March 20th, 2017 @ 8:48 pm
By: Bobby Tony
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Despite being vastly outspent by the campaign and supporters of Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump won the 2016 election. Some are suggesting that the outcome has transformed the practice of American politics in fundamental ways - and that the television ad, in particular, has outlived its usefulness
Published: Tuesday, March 14th, 2017 @ 10:08 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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In what direction will North Carolina go under a Democratic governor-elect, Roy Cooper, and a Republican General Assembly? There are three possibilities
Published: Friday, January 6th, 2017 @ 1:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Republicans across the country have voiced concerns that Donald Trump's likely presidential nomination could harm down-ballot Republican candidates' electoral fortunes
Published: Wednesday, May 11th, 2016 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Matt Arnold admits there is very little difference between his political views and those held by incumbent Sen. Robert Rucho. But that did not stop him from challenging the seven-term veteran lawmaker in the upcoming Republican primary for state Senate District 39 on May 6.
Published: Tuesday, May 6th, 2014 @ 1:38 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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For Democrats to retain control of the U.S. Senate, they need to keep GOP gains to no more than five seats, which would leave the chamber split and Vice President Joe Biden - Leslie Knope's dream date - the deciding vote.
Published: Wednesday, April 9th, 2014 @ 5:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Speaking directly to our elected officials is a privilege that citizens often take for granted.
Published: Sunday, March 30th, 2014 @ 10:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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A widely held view in the national press and certainly among academics is that we've come a long way in overcoming prejudice. Presumably we're now more open to a wider variety of opinions than ever before.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2014 @ 12:58 am
By: John William Pope Center
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After the 2010 elections put North Carolina's legislature in the hands of Republicans for the first time in more than a century, state policy began a turn to the Right - that much is indisputable.
Published: Thursday, October 24th, 2013 @ 12:00 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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After a weekend of online chatter, media spin, and political fulminations, there can be no doubt that the end of the 2013 legislative session was, in truth, the start of the 2014 election cycle.
Published: Wednesday, July 31st, 2013 @ 10:58 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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"People generally quarrel," G.K. Chesterton once wryly observed, "because they cannot argue."
Published: Saturday, May 4th, 2013 @ 1:18 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Or so said Shakespeare's Richard III, a fictional villain who may have borne at least some resemblance to the fellow just found buried under a parking lot in Leicester...
Published: Monday, February 11th, 2013 @ 6:13 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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The article "Why do Beaufort County Republicans Beat Each Other Up?" by Larry Britt a former Chairman of the Beaufort County Republican Party is a study in split personality.
Published: Monday, November 5th, 2012 @ 11:44 am
By: Hood Richardson
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In nearly three decades of writing a syndicated column on North Carolina politics and government, I've always received a steady stream of reader response.
Published: Friday, August 10th, 2012 @ 12:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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They are heralding solutions to education woes, an anemic economy, joblessness and illegal immigration, but Republican congressional and lieutenant governor candidates in North Carolina's July 17 runoff elections lament that their messages will not spark much voter turnout.
Published: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 @ 6:52 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Two articles in Sunday's Raleigh News & Observer prompted me to think about the problem of personal insults in North Carolina politics.
Published: Friday, March 2nd, 2012 @ 1:26 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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The Washington Daily News will conduct a candidates forum at 7 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Beaufort County Community College auditorium.
Published: Friday, October 1st, 2010 @ 4:44 pm
By: Leslie Schneider
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