Democrats target 2018 midterms
BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE Two months before President-elect Donald J. Trump even takes the oath of office, activists and Democrats are already looking past their election 2016 defeats toward...
View ArticleAnticipation, pride for Justice-elect Morgan’s swearing-in next week
BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE Thanks to a statement from outgoing Republican Gov. Pat McCrory, it is now known that GOP legislative leaders were indeed planning to add two more seats to the North...
View ArticleEditorial: Before Obamacare? Not a good place
The Fayetteville Observer The Republican Congress is trying to push ahead to repeal the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Democrats are trying to stall their efforts. They know how it was...
View ArticleGuest Editorial: Legislators target voter fraud again
Here they come again. The election reformers in the General Assembly are getting ready to make another charge. Given the scant evidence they’re provided so far, they’re tilting at windmills. But that...
View ArticleDemocratic leader Hall to head N.C. military affairs department
BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE Just three weeks into his new administration, and there seems to be little question about Gov. Roy Cooper’s commitment to diversity in his Cabinet, the most recent...
View ArticleEllison to MLK crowd: ‘Be encouraged’
Photo by Timothy Ramsey Keith Ellison, the front runner for DNC chairperson, speaks BY DONNA ROGERS THE CHRONICLE More than 1,000 people gathered for the annual breakfast on the Martin Luther King Jr....
View ArticleJustice Gorsuch expected to oppose N.C. voting rights
BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE Last Monday morning, Judge Neil Gorsuch, nominated by Pres. Donald Trump, was sworn-in as the nation’s 113th associate justice to the United States Supreme Court....
View ArticleN.C. Democrats brace for more of the same
BY CASH MICHAELS FOR THE CHRONICLE State Senate Democrats, like Sen. Paul Lowe (D- Forsyth), are hoping that the upcoming Republican state budget is not as punishing to the poor as in years past. “It...
View ArticleCommentary: HBCU leaders, advocates must engage Democrats and Republicans
By Johnny C. Taylor Jr. As the president and CEO of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF), I’m spending a good amount of time working to build strategic, government alliances that extend beyond...
View ArticleGOP chief is blasted over Dems-murder comment
If N.C. Republican Party Executive Director Dallas Woodhouse set out to deliberately stirrup a hornet’s nest of controversy and criticism with his latest racial remarks, he’s succeeded. With no less...
View ArticleMore candidates join the 2018 election cycle
As the filing period entered its closing days, City Council Member Denise “D.D.” Adams made her run for the Fifth Congressional District official by filing on Monday. Adams will go up against Jenny...
View ArticleWho will take on Virginia Foxx?
Denise “DD” Adams and Jenny Marshall debated in front of a standing room only crowd of fellow Democrats at the Central Library last week over which one of them should challenge Rep. Virginia Foxx in...
View ArticleEditorial Cartoon: Political Cartoon
Political Cartoon by Ron RogersThe post Editorial Cartoon: Political Cartoon appeared first on WS Chronicle.
View ArticleSenate overrides Cooper vetoes of judicial district, election bills
By GARY D. ROBERTSON RALEIGH — Republican legislators are moving to try to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s vetoes, this time on legislation redrawing judicial districts in some of North...
View ArticleEditorial Cartoon: Punt
Editorial Cartoon by Ron Rogers The post Editorial Cartoon: Punt appeared first on WS Chronicle.
View ArticleN.C. lawmakers return to work on ballot wording
RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina legislature called itself into an unscheduled session starting Tuesday, July 24, because some Republican leaders fear a Democratic-controlled panel could add ballot...
View ArticleCommentary: Future of Democratic Party lies in moving to the moral center
By Jesse Jackson The media is now reporting on the debate among Democrats and activists about what the party should stand for, and how it will win elections. Establishment Democrats are said fear that...
View ArticleCouncil considering 3 options for filling E. Ward seat
The City Council is hoping to get feedback on its options for filling the East Ward seat that’ll be vacated when Derwin Montgomery becomes a state representative. Montgomery, who is also one of the...
View ArticleDemocrats gain in quest to control U.S. House
By STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON — Democrats were gaining significant ground in the battle for House control Tuesday night, while Republicans held onto their majority in the Senate as...
View ArticleCommentary: September debate: Eight Democratic candidates qualified…so far
By Dr. James B. Ewers Jr. The second round of the Democratic presidential debates is over. Last week’s debates were an effort to make themselves look good and to make Mr. T and the Republicans look...
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