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Reports from Moral Monday
The Rev. William Barber II (left), president of the North Carolina NAACP, at a 2013 Moral Monday protest. Photo © 2013 by Jenny Warburg. During 2014, I reported on North Carolina’s Moral Monday...
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“A Stench in this Government Chamber”
Why the debate over North Carolina’s House Bill 2 feels all too familiar Originally published in Indy Week. Moral Monday activistsin North Carolina protest House Bill 2 on May 16, 2016. Eleven people...
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Republican National Convention, Day 1: “There Will Be an End to the Earth”
Originally published in Indyweek. Ben and Laura Soussan: “Move the little bugger.” Photos by Barry Yeoman. ON THE EVE OF THE REPUBLICAN National Convention, the Cleveland 2016 Host Committee threw a...
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Republican National Convention, Day 2: “Hillary Is a Foreign Agent of the...
Originally published in Indy Week. Trump supporters cheer Alex Jones at the America First Unity Rally. Photos by Barry Yeoman ALEX JONES, PRESUMABLY, ISN’T USED TO LOSING control of the stage. The...
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Republican National Convention, Day 3: “National Security, Not National...
Originally published in Indy Week. State Senator Ronald Rabin: “The Bushes… lack patriotism.” Photo by Barry Yeoman. RONALD RABIN, A DONALD TRUMP DELEGATE from North Carolina, is tired of the GOP’s...
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Republican National Convention, Day 3: “Close Your Eyes and Take Some...
Originally published in Indy Week. “If we’re too upset, we can’t have a conversation,” says artist and psychotherapist Andrew Purchin. Photo by Barry Yeoman. IF THERE’S A CARNIVALESQUE CENTER to...
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Republican National Convention, Day 4: “A Dog Park, But for Humans”
Originally published in Indy Week. David Guthrie (left) and Coulter Loeb have been part of a leaderless activist encampment in Cleveland’s Kirtland Park. Photos by Barry Yeoman. I PULLED UP TO...
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Republican National Convention, Day 4: “Eat and Drink Them Out of Publication”
Originally published in Indy Week. Kim Coley, a convention guest from Raleigh, at the McClatchy event. Photo by Barry Yeoman. LIKE EVERY DAY AT THE REPUBLICAN National Convention, this afternoon...
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Dispatches from the 2016 Republican National Convention
Originally published in Indy Week. North Carolina delegate Johnny Shull reacting to Trump’s acceptance speech. Photo by Barry Yeoman. RNC Day 1: “There Will Be an End to the Earth” RNC Day 2: “Hillary...
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The Trump Show
A report from the Cleveland as North Carolina Republicans reckon with their party’s new leader. Originally published in Indy Week. North Carolina delegates celebrate Donald Trump’s acceptance speech...
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Equality Becomes a Talking Point in North Carolina Gubernatorial Race
With the state’s demographics and political makeup shifting, backlash against anti-LGBT law may help send Democrat Roy Cooper to the governor’s office. Originally published in The American Prospect....
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Democrats Make Gains in North Carolina Against Backdrop of Voter Suppression
Changing demographics, combined with the three-year effort by state Republicans to suppress minority and youth turnout, led to close races. Originally published in The American Prospect. Roy Cooper...
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A Return to Nixonland
Originally published in Indy Week. Richard Nixon on the campaign trail. Photo by Jack E. Kightlinger; in the public domain. A FEW WEEKS AGO I STARTED READING Nixonland, Rick Perlstein’s 748-page social...
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A New Suppression Tactic: Voter Defamation
As they challenge the results of a governor’s race, North Carolina Republicans lay the groundwork for a Trump-era assault on voting rights. Originally published in The New Republic. Former North...
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Counterprotests Swamp KKK Celebration
A Ku Klux Klan gathering both recalled North Carolina’s racially troubled history and demonstrated the strength and diversity of the state’s civil rights movement today. Originally published in The...
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History Matters
North Carolina’s jarring GOP power grab feels familiar. Originally published in The Washington Post. Roy Cooper at his swearing-in. As a young legislator, he voted against one-party rule. Photo...
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N.C. on the Brink: Repeal of Anti-Trans Bill Falls Flat
At ground zero in the fight over LGBTQ rights, a special legislative session to repeal the state’s House Bill 2 devolved into name-calling and hostile stalemate. Originally published in The American...
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Law and Disorder in North Carolina
Since Republicans gained control of the North Carolina legislature in 2011, judges have emerged as some of their staunchest adversaries. Now lawmakers want to curb state court powers. Originally...
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Dispatches from the 2016 Republican National Convention
Originally published in Indy Week. North Carolina delegate Johnny Shull reacting to Trump’s acceptance speech. Photo by Barry Yeoman. RNC Day 1: “There Will Be an End to the Earth” RNC Day 2: “Hillary...
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The Trump Show
A report from the Cleveland as North Carolina Republicans reckon with their party’s new leader. Originally published in Indy Week. North Carolina delegates celebrate Donald Trump’s acceptance speech...
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