LOD: Mapping Campaign Cash
Want to know how much money Wake County donors gave to federal elections in 2012? Compared to 2000? Or compared to Guilford or Dare? Check out this amazing national map of county-by-county...
View ArticleLOD: Swamped in Corruption
Here’s a brief but important column from Chris Fitzsimon of NC Policy Watch: Governor Pat McCrory spent more than five years campaigning for his current job and it seemed like he couldn’t give a stump...
View ArticleLOD: Pope’s Poverty Cycle
Art Pope, owner of the Roses and Maxway stores and Gov. Pat McCrory’s Budget Director, is the poster child of what one extremely wealthy individual can do to twist an entire state’s public policy in a...
View ArticleLOD: The Good, Bad & Unclear
It’s been a rough year for democracy in North Carolina – but there were some positives worth noting, too. Check out Democracy North Carolina’s special wrap-up report, “2013: The Good, the Bad and the...
View ArticleLOD: Battleground State
In his PBS broadcast last week, Bill Moyers showcased North Carolina as a battleground between the politics of greed symbolized by Art Pope and the vision of a moral society strengthened by our mutual...
View ArticleLOD: Good Data on Bad Law
Click here for a one-page briefing, loaded with data, about the damaging and discriminatory changes to North Carolina’s election rules, prepared by Democracy NC for a press briefing held by the NC NAACP.
View ArticleLOD: Big Money, Big Talk
Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, released two statements following news today about (1) the US Supreme Court’s decision to repeal limits on the total amount a donor can...
View ArticleLOD: Spilled Koch
North Carolina is apparently becoming the poster child for how self-serving billionaires can protect their profits by buying a state’s elections. The New Yorker has a gruesome profile of the ramped-up...
View ArticleLOD: Smearing Justice
Blue Cross and Reynolds Tobacco are teaming up with the Koch brothers to take over North Carolina’s Supreme Court. That sounds sensational but an article in today’s New York Times documents over $1...
View ArticleLOD: Pope is No Dope
The Washington Post published a front-page story on Sunday about Art Pope’s unique role as both a powerful inside and outside player in a state’s politics. The writer drew on interviews and material...
View ArticleMillionaires, Corporations, Lobbyists and General Assembly Elites Get New Power
Statement from Bob Hall, Executive Director, Democracy North Carolina, September 25, 2015 The bill that changes the date of the 2016 primary election includes an unrelated, terrible section that will...
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