“That makes me mad that your parents have never voted,” a white female high school teacher once said to me. Yet, she disclosed to me...[Read More]
Voting
Articles As the ballots were feverishly counted in many states last week, we received a comprehensive lesson on how those ballots make their way through the...[Read More]
My RBG car magnet is in the mail. I wear my “Run with Ruth” t-shirt when I head out to walk. My yard is so...[Read More]
Now that the protesters have slimmed down in numbers and the hashtags aren’t being used as often, what’s next? What can the women of North...[Read More]
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Women AdvaNCe has named Dawn Blagrove, the Executive Director of the Carolina Justice Policy Center as a Woman to Watch! Dawn is an attorney and attended...[Read More]
I imagine August 18, 1920, Wednesday, a sultry summer day in North Carolina. My grandmother, Wanda Margaret Robbins Bunting, perhaps the strongest woman I’ve ever...[Read More]
I spent Monday morning at the NCGA Select Committee on Elections hearing regarding the draft bill for the new Voter ID amendment. Announcement of the...[Read More]
The joy that I feel now that we are beyond Election Day can’t be measured. While there were plenty of outcomes that left me feeling...[Read More]
I take heart in knowing I’m not the only person who is a little bleary-eyed today after watching election results until well after my bedtime....[Read More]
By Frank Taylor Originally published on Carolina Public Press. North Carolina voters turned out early in massive numbers compared with the early voting turnout for...[Read More]