Category: North Carolina

North Carolina Passes K-12 Social Studies Standards Focusing on Race

February 5, 2021
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A politically divided North Carolina Board of Education on Thursday narrowly approved the state’s K-12 social studies standards, which has been criticized for implementing elements of critical race theory. In a vote largely split along party lines, the board’s Democratic majority voted 7-5 to pass the revised standards. In the wake of the nationwide Black…

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How Mark Robinson Beat Bloomberg’s Billions to Win North Carolina’s Second-Highest Office

January 13, 2021
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Commentary As one of 10 children growing up in extreme poverty in Greensboro, North Carolina, Mark Robinson has defied a lot of odds in life: an alcoholic and abusive father, foster care stints, and an overwhelmed single mother. After joining the Army Reserves right out of high school, he married and had two children while…

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Marc Basnight, Longest Serving North Carolina Senate Leader, Dies at 73

December 29, 2020
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RALEIGH, N.C.—Former state Sen. Marc Basnight, a Democrat from North Carolina’s barrier islands who became one of North Carolina’s most powerful contemporary political leaders while serving a record 18 years as Senate leader, died Monday. He was 73. Basnight, who was ill for years with what was later diagnosed as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, died at…

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North Carolina Governor Sued Over Pandemic-Related Bar Closures

December 23, 2020
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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper is being sued by the owner of a popular Greenville bar over emergency shutdown orders purportedly aimed at stemming the spread of the CCP virus that causes the disease COVID-19. The lawsuit comes as courts, including the Supreme Court, are becoming increasingly receptive to overturning or modifying pandemic-related executive orders,…

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