CHARLOTTE, N.C. – In a mostly blue city in a mostly red state, a crowd of several hundred filled a theater for a community conversation called “Voices in the Gun Debate.” It was cordial, which is more than you can say for much of the national dialogue that has NRA leadership and gun control advocates […]
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President Obama just can’t stay away from North Carolina, though after giving him hope and a victory in 2008, the fickle state cozied back up to the GOP in 2012. Being wooed with a national convention and a stream of visits from surrogates wasn’t quite enough to stem a statewide swing from blue to red.
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The world and the Catholic Church have changed, or maybe they’ve just become more honest. In the pews of Roman Catholic churches around the world — less crowded than they used to be — there is devotion, but also doubt. Now there is also confusion about what kind of leader the next pope will be.
Will the next pope in a new world change the Catholic Church? Read More »
Thurmond’s daughter was for years kept on the outside looking in, a pattern that mirrors the lives of African Americans, integral to the life blood of the country’s progress and promise, yet not always invited to sit at the family table.
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A bill reauthorized twice since its inception in 1994 stalled last year. Will a new version gain bipartisan support?
How will the Violence Against Women Act fare in Congress? Read More »
As women’s roles in everything from combat to the office are being debated, research says ‘looking under the hood’ not only sounds sexier than washing dishes, it is sexier.
More housework means less sex for hubby, says study. What’s that, again? Read More »
In a come-to-Jesus moment at the RNC winter meeting in Charlotte, the message was: Republicans cannot scare people and expect to win; Republicans have to invite people and include people and that’s how you win.
The GOP on its minority problem: Don’t call it ‘outreach,’ but ‘engagement’ Read More »
‘The weird sort of ironic reality is it might be easier for America to elect Barack Obama to get that job than it is for a lot of other people of color just to get a job managing a department store,’ says white anti-racism author and activist Tim Wise.
Does Obama’s presidency improve the lives of everyday African Americans? Read More »
In a state where Republicans did well in 2012 and have high hopes for the next election, she carves out her own path on issues from guns to energy.
N.C. Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan has a task ahead in 2014 reelection campaign Read More »
The political and diplomatic world shifts, not because of policy but bangs? Sure, it’s silly, and I could be a grump and ask if hair will take away from Michelle Obama’s work for healthy children and military families. But it’s one of the few safe topics to argue over nowadays. It’s cool that the most
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