The charter school movement began in earnest in North Carolina in 1997 when 34 schools opened across the state. There are now 200 charter schools… Read More »REALITY CHECK: How Charter Schools Affect Public Schools in NC
In June of this year, N.C. Lt. Governor Mark Robinson referred to gay and transgender citizens as “filth” during a speech at Asbury Baptist Church… Read More »Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Must Be Removed from Office
TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY NC Social Studies Standards 2021 Standards Development Process Social Studies Curriculum 2021 The preamble, written by NC Superintendent of Public Instruction, Catherine… Read More »TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY
Two weeks ago, when Derek Chauvin was convicted on three counts of murdering George Floyd, I was both surprised and grateful: Maybe we’d finally start… Read More »Fighting for Black Lives After the Chauvin Trial
Today, the Progressive Caucus of the North Carolina Democratic Party joined more than 150 organizations to release a letter urging President Biden and Congressional leaders… Read More »Progressive Caucus Joins Climate Groups to Urge 100% Clean Electricity Standard by 2035
Join the NC Council of Churches and the NC Commission on Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System (NC CRED) for a discussion with… Read More »Confederate Monuments and the Fight for Racial Justice
Neighbors on Call and FlipNC are co-sponsoring a virtual event next week so that we in North Carolina can learn from what Stacey Abrams and… Read More »How Georgia Did It?
Many of us want to figure out what we can do to win more. It’s great that we have a Democratic President and administration, a… Read More »How Can We Win More?
Fellow Progressives: I had hoped to be writing to you now about planning our work to push our newly-elected Democratic officials leftward to help people… Read More »Election Aftermath
The 2020 US Census is Wrapping Up The Secretary of Commerce says October 5th is the deadline. US District Judge Lucy Koh issued a preliminary… Read More »Fill Out Your Census Form Now!