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Redistricting

Map Showdown: Rights on the Line
Map Showdown: Rights on the Line
March 1
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Map Showdown: Rights on the Line

Four months after the N.C. General Assembly enacted a new alignment of the districts in which… Continue Reading

Decision points on districts, schools
Decision points on districts, schools
January 24
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Decision points on districts, schools

Among all the issues and challenges confronting North Carolina as 2022 gets under way – overcoming… Continue Reading

‘For the People’ – or for whom?
‘For the People’ – or for whom?
Mar 11, 2021
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

‘For the People’ – or for whom?

When an ambitious bill designated as H.R. 1 was approved by the newly empowered Democratic majority… Continue Reading

Gerrymanderers Seeing the Light, or Scared Straight?
Gerrymanderers Seeing the Light, or Scared Straight?
Oct 25, 2019
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Gerrymanderers Seeing the Light, or Scared Straight?

Perhaps the Republicans who control North Carolina’s General Assembly have finally gotten the message: their decade-long… Continue Reading

Ambush at Override Gulch
Ambush at Override Gulch
Sep 13, 2019
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Ambush at Override Gulch

When N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore called the House to order for its scheduled 8:30 a.m.… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report – April 11, 2019
Raleigh Report – April 11, 2019
Apr 11, 2019
George Reed, Former Executive Director

Raleigh Report – April 11, 2019

INTRODUCED BILLS CRIMINAL JUSTICE HB 587 – Repeal Death Penalty would abolish the death penalty, and… Continue Reading

Raleigh Report – February 26, 2019
Raleigh Report – February 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019
George Reed, Former Executive Director

Raleigh Report – February 26, 2019

INTRODUCED BILLS ECONOMIC JUSTICE HB 46 – Economic Security Act of 2019HB 46 is a collection… Continue Reading

Looking for Help?
Looking for Help?
Jan 23, 2018
Mary Elizabeth Hanchey, Program Associate for Legislative Advocacy and Interfaith Outreach

Looking for Help?

The Federal Government of the United States of America shut down at midnight on Friday. It… Continue Reading

Thumbs-up to Fairer Districts
Thumbs-up to Fairer Districts
Jan 22, 2018
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Thumbs-up to Fairer Districts

Progress in rooting out North Carolina’s gerrymandered voting districts hasn’t always occurred in a straight line.… Continue Reading

U.S. Court: Those Districts Won’t Fly
U.S. Court: Those Districts Won’t Fly
Jan 12, 2018
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

U.S. Court: Those Districts Won’t Fly

Grand constitutional questions in this country aren’t settled until the Supreme Court has its say, either… Continue Reading

Democracy Under the Reign of God
Democracy Under the Reign of God
Nov 1, 2017
The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Democracy Under the Reign of God

As I continue to follow court cases addressing Gerrymandering at both the federal level (Gill v.… Continue Reading

GOP’s Goal: A Tilted Bench
GOP’s Goal: A Tilted Bench
Oct 23, 2017
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

GOP’s Goal: A Tilted Bench

To the Republicans who run the N.C. General Assembly, the concept of judicial independence – central… Continue Reading

Regaining our Faith in Democracy
Regaining our Faith in Democracy
Sep 11, 2017
The Rev. Dr. Jennifer Copeland, Executive Director

Regaining our Faith in Democracy

In surveys conducted during the months leading up to the 2016 election, large numbers of Americans… Continue Reading

Marching Orders for New Maps
Marching Orders for New Maps
Aug 10, 2017
Steve Ford, Former Volunteer Program Associate

Marching Orders for New Maps

The three federal judges could have just come right out and said it: The Republicans who… Continue Reading


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