North Carolina Tag

Elon U. Hosts Whites-Only Caucus to ‘Process Their Awareness of and Complicity’ in Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 10, 2021 3 Comments

“A white caucus is a space for white-identifying individuals to engage in conversations that unpack race and systemic oppression”...

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NC Lt. Governor Mark Robinson Slams News Outlet for Cartoon Depicting Republicans as KKK Members

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 04, 2021 53 Comments

You may know Mark Robinson as the man who stood up for law-abiding gun owners at a town meeting and famously declared "I am the majority!" Robinson, a Republican, is now the first black lieutenant governor of North Carolina. A media outlet in the state just printed a cartoon depicting him and other Republicans as members of the KKK.

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Feds Bust Massive Drug Ring at Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Appalachian State

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2020 15 Comments

Federal authorities have arrested over twenty people in a drug trafficking ring that spanned three college campuses in North Carolina. This was not a case of a few people selling small amounts of marijuana out of a dorm room. It was an operation worth over a million dollars.

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Chancellor of UNC-Wilmington Censured by Faculty Senate for Lacking Empathy on Racial Justice

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 14, 2020 6 Comments

"demonstrated a lack of leadership on the matter of Diversity and Inclusion"...

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Federal Appeals Ct Upholds North Carolina Voter I.D. Law

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 02, 2020 18 Comments

While the legal challenges to the 2020 presidential election count in several states are not over, one thing is clear. To prevent future election mischief and theft, Republicans are going to have to fight as hard to tighten election security laws in 2021 and beyond as Democrats fought to weaken election security laws in 2020.

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Sorority Council at Duke University Bans Events With Male Groups

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 13, 2020 8 Comments

"we’ve come to see that many wide concerns within our community stem from relations with all-male organizations"...

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Report: Sen. Tillis (R-NC) Wins Re-election, Cunningham Concedes

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on November 10, 2020 28 Comments

In a race straight out of a Parks and Recreation script, Senator Thom Tillis has won re-election to North Carolina's hotly contested Senate seat. The announcement is another win for Republicans who will likely maintain control of the Senate.

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Tillis/Cunningham Senate Race Not yet Called, but Top Cunningham Strategist Makes Important Concession

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 06, 2020 18 Comments

As of this writing, President Trump has 2,732,084 votes to Joe Biden’s 2,655,383 in the North Carolina presidential race. That’s a difference of 76,701 votes. In the NC Senate race, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis has 2,640,379 votes to his Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham’s 2,543,672, with the difference between them being 96,707 votes.

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History Made: Republican Mark Robinson Becomes North Carolina’s First African-American Lt. Governor

Posted by Stacey Matthews on November 04, 2020 15 Comments

History was made in North Carolina last night.

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Political Analyst: Cunningham’s Affair Scandal Destroys Big Lead in North Carolina Senate Race

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 29, 2020 15 Comments

With election day being just a few days away, a couple of things have become crystal clear about the closely-watched North Carolina Senate race between Sen. Thom Tillis (R) and his Democratic opponent and former state senator Cal Cunningham.

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Supreme Court leaves North Carolina 6-day ballot extension in place

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 28, 2020 37 Comments

Another loss tonight in the Supreme Court for those who believe, as the Constitution requires, that state legislatures and not state bureaucrats or other elected officials make the rules for federal elections.

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#NCSenate: Local Media Mocks Cal Cunningham With ‘Empty Chair’ As He Continues Dodging Press

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 25, 2020 14 Comments

With a little over a week to go before election day, embattled North Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Cal Cunningham continues to face heat from the local media for refusing to sit down for formal interviews.

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NC Gov. Roy Cooper Caught on Hot Mic Telling Joe Biden They’ll Drag Cal Cunningham Over Finish Line

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 20, 2020 11 Comments

In addition to being known as the U.S. Senate nominee who conducted an extramarital affair out of the home he shares with his wife and two teenage kids, Democrat Cal Cunningham now also has the distinction of being the ball and chain who his state's governor assured his party's presidential nominee they would drag across the finish line.

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NC Senate Race Tightens As Cunningham Continues to Dodge Media Over Extramarital Affairs

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 18, 2020 13 Comments

It's been a little over two weeks since news of North Carolina Democrat Senate nominee Cal Cunningham's affair with the wife of an Army veteran first broke.

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New Math Class at Wake Forest University Aims to Help Students Combat Racism

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 16, 2020 11 Comments

“Like all entrenched systems, our department is not innocent of racism”...

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Cal Cunningham Holds Disastrous Press Conference, Ensures Affair Scandals Will Not Go Away

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 09, 2020 28 Comments

Scandal-plagued Democrat Senate nominee Cal Cunningham held what his campaign described as a Zoom press conference earlier today to discuss his Republican opponent Sen. Thom Tillis's supposed "failures" on the Wuhan Coronavirus relief bill.

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Democrat Cal Cunningham Blames Sen. Thom Tillis for Affair Scandal as Campaign Implodes

Posted by Stacey Matthews on October 08, 2020 33 Comments

The month of October keeps going from bad to worse for North Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Cal Cunningham, and we're barely into the first week of it.

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NC Dem Senate Candidate Cal Cunningham’s ‘sexting’ scandal turning into possible ‘sex’ scandal

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 06, 2020 38 Comments

Control of the Senate may turn on the outcome in North Carolina, where Democrats have poured tens of millions of dollars into backing Cal Cunningham against incumbent Republican Thom Tillis.

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