What it will take for progressives to win the South in November
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“All roads to the White House are going to come through Georgia."
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Life in the woods: North Carolina’s growing homeless tent camps are an open secret
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Homelessness is a persistent problem in small towns and cities like Hickory, North Carolina, where industry has been trickling out for decades.
Southern Politics
This 24-year-old lawsuit could radically alter public education in North Carolina
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Poor kids and rich kids don’t get the same education in the Tar Heel state. But that might be about to change.
Education
A lot is at stake in the North Carolina midterms
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The state’s Republican supermajority––which has wrought havoc on democracy, the environment, and civil rights––could come to an end. But these ballot initiatives could stand in the way of a progressive recovery.
North Carolina
New North Carolina law lands poor people in debtors jails, even though judges could set them free
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State lawmakers who cut corporate taxes want court fines and fees to fund the government. So they’re coming up with ways to make judges jail people who can’t pay.
Southern Politics
A rare victory against voter disenfranchisement in North Carolina
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A small precinct ran out of ballots for voters from the mostly-Black part of town. The Black candidate lost by three votes. Now, a court has called a rerun.
Southern Politics
What’s in store for North Carolina politics in 2018
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Redistricting, a conservative legislative agenda, and a Democratic attempt at a comeback will dominate the state’s politics this year.
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Trouble at the end of the line
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Survivors of Hurricane Matthew and indigenous communities in North Carolina are fighting to stop a pipeline they see as America’s next climate crisis.
Environmental Justice
A civil rights legacy under attack
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The UNC board of governors votes Friday on whether to defang the school’s Center for Civil Rights.