Tag: NC

NAACP And Family Believe This Black Teenager May Have Been Lynched

On August 29, 2014, a 17-year-old high school student, Lennon Lacy, was found hanging from a swing set in the small town of Bladenboro,...

NC GOP Seeks To Reconvene The Constitutional Convention

      There are a few words and phrases that scare most people silly. Land shark. Partially hydrogenated. Nair. Now, here's another phrase that might make...

North Carolina: Thom Tillis MUST Lose

The North Carolina Speaker of the House, Thom Tillis, won the Republican Nomination for the United States Senate in the state's primary elections on...

‘What You Are Doing Is Unconstitutional, Officer’ — Raw Footage From...

This article was originally published at Candid Slice and is used with the permission of the owner of the website. This is the first...

North Carolina Businessman Faces Prison After Raid on Legal Medical Cannabis...

On July 11, 2013, dozens of gunmen burst into Todd Stimson's Henderson County, North Carolina home and held his teenage daughter at gunpoint. These...

North Carolina Businessman Faces Prison After No-Knock Raid on His Legal...

On July 11, 2013, dozens of gunmen burst into Todd Stimson's Henderson County, North Carolina home and held his teenage daughter at gunpoint. These...

Police Cruelty In NC? Officer Kills Mentally Ill Teen

Another gut churning story of a young person being shot and killed has gained national attention. This story comes out of my home state...

Republicans Could Be In Big Trouble According To 24 Surveys Taken...

After holding the country hostage and delivering a government shutdown, let's just say the 'work' the GOP has been doing, is not going over...
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory

N.C. Gov. Pat McCrory Vetoes Welfare Drug Testing Law, Infuriates GOP

Can the N.C. House Speaker override the vetoes and have a chance at the U.S. Senate seat he seeks? Recent poll numbers don't look promising.
Moral Mondays Protest at NC Legislature with rotunda jam-packed with rallying protesters.

MLK’s ‘Dream’ Speech Turns 50: Why Are Moral Mondays Escalating? (VIDEO)

Meanwhile, an NC Republican demands, "Are we going to have a history lesson or stay relevant' to more regressive laws she wants passed. Dream? What dream?
The Ballot is stronger than the bullet.

NC GOP Voter Laws Launch Fresh Assault On Voting Rights

It is time, past time, to drop the pretense that the Supreme Court didn't know what they were doing when they gutted the Voting Rights Act.