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Art Pope's money pays to bring extremist messengers to Raleigh

24 Feb, 2012

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24 Feb, 2012

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Art Pope's money pays to bring extremist messengers to Raleigh

The Art Pope money machine is paying to bring a host of right-wing extremists to speak at this year's Civitas-organized Conservative Leadership Conference in Raleigh. Join us at noon on Saturday, March 3 to welcome the delegates.

Art Pope's money pays to bring extremist messengers to Raleigh

How unions helped build a middle class for workers in the U.S.A.

24 Feb, 2012

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24 Feb, 2012

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How unions helped build a middle class for workers in the U.S.A.

Unions have been around for more than a century, and they've done more good for America's working people — union and non-union — and have gotten less credit for it than any institution in the United States. An essay by Harry Kelber.

How unions helped build a middle class for workers in the U.S.A.

Special event in Salisbury for Int'l Women's Day (3/8)

24 Feb, 2012

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24 Feb, 2012

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Special event in Salisbury for Int'l Women's Day (3/8)

Entitled, "The Fabric of Hope & Resistance: NC Women Workers on Strike", the presentation will include real stories of real North Carolina women and trade unionists who joined the age-old struggle for dignity at work and a better life for themselves and their families in the Old North State.

Special event in Salisbury for Int'l Women's Day (3/8)

Number of kids living in high-poverty areas of NC soars

23 Feb, 2012

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23 Feb, 2012

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Number of kids living in high-poverty areas of NC soars

According to a new report by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the number of North Carolina children living in high-poverty areas has increased almost 200 percent to 212,000. That number is eight times the increase nationwide since the year 2000.

Number of kids living in high-poverty areas of NC soars

Public protests Feb. 16 special legislative session

18 Feb, 2012

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18 Feb, 2012

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Public protests Feb. 16 special legislative session

The most recent "special" session of the North Carolina General Assembly on February 16 accomplished literally nothing at great expense to taxpayers, but members of the public, still wary of what their out-of-control state legislature might do since its bout of midnight madness back in January, rallied outside the legislative building just in case.

Public protests Feb. 16 special legislative session

The incredible double standard of two-faced Thom Tillis

18 Feb, 2012

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18 Feb, 2012

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The incredible double standard of two-faced Thom Tillis

After our Rein Them In rally ahead of an expensive, do-nothing "special" session of the North Carolina General Assembly on Thursday, Feb. 16, about 50-70 people filed into the building to deliver messages printed on a simple sheet of paper to Speaker Thom Tillis. What happened next was another example of how out of control our state legislature has gotten.

The incredible double standard of two-faced Thom Tillis