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Columns,
Citizen,
Jun 19, 2013
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by Bob Geary
Eight years after Katrina, New Orleans is a case study of this country's political paralysis in the face of major challenges.
- Tags: Citizen
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Columns,
Citizen,
Jun 12, 2013
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by Bob Geary
I found myself nodding as Bill Cobey, Gov. Pat McCrory's choice to head the State Board of Education, talked the other day about a transformative time in education and the need to cultivate children's innate curiosity.
- Tags: Citizen, Bill Cobey, Pat McCrory
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Columns,
Citizen,
Jun 5, 2013
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by Bob Geary
Voller has made a lot of mistakes since February. His critics may be right that he is temperamentally unsuited for his position. On the other hand, he may be justified in blaming his bad start on them.
- Tags: Citizen, Randy Voller, NC Democratic Party
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Columns,
First Person,
May 29, 2013
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by Duncan Murrell
I committed civil disobedience because I needed to act. Outrage that never spurs action inevitably turns inward to undermine the very idea that one could act.
- Tags: First Person, Moral Monday, Moral Mondays
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Columns,
Citizen,
May 29, 2013
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Columns,
Citizen,
May 22, 2013
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by Bob Geary
North Carolina has dropped to 48th among the 50 states plus the District of Columbia in terms of our per-student support for K–12 public schools.
- Tags: Citizen, Moral Monday
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Columns,
Citizen,
May 8, 2013
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by Bob Geary
With Barber at the helm, the protests are becoming national news, with Raleigh bidding to be in 2013 what Madison, Wis., was in 2011—the epicenter of the national struggle for the soul of state governments across the country.
- Tags: Citizen, Moral Monday
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Columns,
Freedom's Daughter,
Apr 24, 2013
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by Crystal Hayes
State lawmakers might want to govern like this is my grandmother's South, but they ought not forget how our grandmothers fought for freedom and taught us to fight for it too.
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News,
Wake County,
Apr 24, 2013
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by Will Huntsberry
The events that unfolded that Wednesday morning highlight a lack of mental health training for police officers, as well as a need for safer Taser policies, according to some mental health and legal advocates.
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Columns,
Citizen,
Apr 10, 2013
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by Bob Geary
"This Orwell, he came up with something called Newspeak, where torture is love and you say the opposite of what you mean. It's just what we need to explain Republican policies."
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Columns,
Front Porch,
Apr 3, 2013
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Columns,
Citizen,
Apr 3, 2013
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Lobby day Tuesday
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by Bob Geary
The Election Omnibus bill would cut early voting from two weeks to one, eliminate same-day registration and abolish straight-ticket voting. Also: at the inaugural meeting of Scholars for a Progressive North Carolina
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Columns,
Citizen,
Mar 27, 2013
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Wake County Republican lawmakers have let down their constituents
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by Bob Geary
Ante up, commissioners, and we'll know you're serious. Until then, please stop.
- Tags: Citizen, Dorothea Dix Park
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Columns,
Citizen,
Mar 13, 2013
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by Bob Geary
State AFL-CIO officials have made it clear that while they didn't ask for this fight, they'll make the most of it: "It's an opportunity to build and grow this movement with labor, civil rights and people of faith."
- Tags: Citizen, union, workers rights, AFL-CIO
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Arts,
Casual Observer,
Feb 27, 2013
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by Emma D. Miller
My stomach feels fluttery. State lawmakers may have failed to consider whether bare breasts strategically adorned with colorful sparkles count as indecent exposure.
- Tags: Casual Observer, Southland Ballroom
