North Carolina

Hearing is last chance to block NC restrictions before 2014 election

July 7, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"The hearing in North Carolina is one with national implications," said Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, president of the North Carolina NAACP.

Fight to stop vote suppression back in North Carolina courts

May 8, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"The North Carolina legislature passed the most sweeping, discriminatory voter suppression bill in the country, then sought to hide their hands and skirt the scrutiny of the law."

Rosanell Eaton, 92, sues North Carolina for taking her vote

August 13, 2013 By John Wojcik

By signing the new law, the Republican governor replaced one of the best voting laws in the country with one that is arguably now the worst.

Moral Mondays and misestimated mandates

July 24, 2013 By Jillian Littell

If you haven't heard about them already, "Moral Mondays" is the name given to a new protest movement in North Carolina.

Union leader says politics behind attack on public workers

February 19, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

Attacks have no basis in financial fact, President Harold Schaitberger says. They're part of a larger Wall Street scheme to get its hands on workers' pension money nationwide, he believes.