In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court gutted essential parts of the Voting Rights Act, allowing GOP legislatures to enact some of the most racially discriminatory district maps in state history.
Last year, a federal judge in Georgia ruled that GOP-drawn maps were discriminatory and unlawful because they diluted Black voting power and ignored the state’s growing Black population.
A North Carolina public university changed Pride Week's name, banned a drag show, and fired some DEI staff but said it isn't to please the conservative anti-DEI legislature.
Freedom of expression and bodily autonomy are completely free citizens. Move along before you're declared DEI and sent to Gitmo to listen to lectures by Charlie Kirk 23 hours a day.
As far-right contenders dominate the #GOP ticket in a state known for its flourishing #economy, the business community is bracing for potential fallout
[#NC restaurant owner Elizabeth] Turnbull, a registered Independent, was alarmed when candidates she viewed as #BadForBusiness, all #MAGA devotees prone to trumpeting #ConspiracyTheories, recently clinched the #Republican nominations for crucial state offices.
The #NorthCarolina Chamber of #Commerce rebuked “#partisan ideologues that cause #division & create #controversy” in an unusually biting stmnt last month, saying the Mar primary results offer a “startling warning of the looming threats to NC’s #business climate.” Ofcls did not put an amt on projected losses.
…Michael Walden, an #economist at #NC State U, who tracked the damage in 2016 [said], “You lose #jobs. You lose #construction activity. You lose an additional tax base. You lose prestige.”
BLACK-OWNED CHILDREN'S BOOKSTORE IN RALEIGH MOVING AFTER THREATS, OWNER SAYS
Liberation Station Bookstore, North Carolina's first Black-owned children's bookstore, is moving out of downtown Raleigh less than a year after it opened.
Geez. I think to myself "of course it's North Carolina..."
"Since September, we’ve faced numerous threats following the opening of our store," Scott-Miller wrote.
Interesting article about noise sensitivity. Very recognizable. I couldn't live without my noise-cancelling headphones and earbuds anymore. They've made my life less stressful.
Mad props to @firestorm in #NC for accepting #BannedBooks from #FL and sending them back to FL for anyone who asks. It's a huge good deed.
Furthermore: every person in the photo in this story of them boxing up the books is wearing a mask. All the unmasked photos were taken outdoors. This is what real inclusion looks like in the age of #COVID.
Gift link: https://wapo.st/3wdpyCE
I've often thought about starting up a Mastodon instance for the Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point, NC area.
Not sure what exactly I'd name it/call it
Since I co-admin this instance, I would want it to to be hosted similarly as this one with MastoHost but would love to find someone reliable that could moderate and help run it if necessary.
Just curious if there would be much interest in an instance like that.
“President Volodymyr #Zelensky has extended an invitation to Donald #Trump to visit Kyiv, with a specific condition attached.
Speaking with U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 News, Zelensky said that Trump would be warmly received in the capital under one stipulation: the former U.S. president must demonstrate his ability to bring an end to the war with Russia within 24 hours, as he once promised.” #Ukraine
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″(Trump) makes decisions on his own, without us, If he says this publicly, that’s a little scary. I’ve seen a lot, a lot of victims, but that’s really making me a bit stressed.”
“Because even if his idea to #endwar doesn’t work for us, for our people, he will do anything to implement his idea anyway. And this worries me a little.”