July 25, 2025 -
A North Carolina bill is the latest effort by GOP donors and advocates to hide Big Money political spending from public view. As they try to overturn the governor's veto, they're lobbying Democrats to join the anti-transparency cause.
July 25, 2025 -
Date in July on which President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: 4th
May 9, 2025 -
After moving control of North Carolina elections into the GOP-led N.C. State Auditor's office, Republicans have appointed a long-time conservative activist in Art Pope's network to chair the state election board who has pushed harsh voter restrictions and unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud.
April 24, 2025 -
A by-the-numbers look at the role of Southern for-profit prison companies in the Trump administration's deportation crusade.
February 24, 2025 -
The Trump administration has unleashed massive cuts to federal jobs and programs since taking office. With close to a third of federal employees based in Southern states, the region could be uniquely hard-hit.
February 10, 2025 -
As a historic union election gets underway this week at an Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, the president of Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity & Empowerment describes the importance of the vote for workers at the RDU1 facility and across the South.
November 26, 2024 -
In the 2024 elections, Southern states largely followed the nation's rightward shift. But a deeper dive reveals that the South was far from a monolithic conservative stronghold.
