The maps created this week are shameless and nothing short of a last-ditch power grab. If politicians were offering regular working-class people solid representation– if they were passing legislation that helped improve our lives– they wouldn’t have to resort to dirty tricks.
Sabrina Berry, a member of our Down Home Cabarrus chapter, explains why working-class people need working-class candidates.
Who do you think should run? Nominate them here!
No matter where you live or if you are Black, white, or Brown, rural North Carolinians want to be civically engaged and have a say
Last Friday, the NCGA passed a budget (finally). While this budget FINALLY expands Medicaid (making good on a hard-fought win by working people) it also pits the things we need against each other. It doesn’t have to be that way, and we are here to say working people are the solution.
The NC state budget has passed the House and the Senate– here’s how it’s going to impact your family and community. Spoiler (There is one good thing in it, and mostly the rest is trash).
We are growing! Help us welcome our new Deputy Communications Director, Samantha Jackson, to our team!
Fed up with funding being siphoned away from local schools and law makers focusing on culture wars instead of real issues, parents, grandparents, and supporters will be turning out at their school board meetings statewide this month.
Why can’t the General Assembly pass a budget and implement a bill they already passed, but have time to endlessly engage in harmful culture wars?
The winning combination of local campaigns and electoral politics
We’ve got work to do.
We want working families to have more than a seat at the political table when decisions about our communities are made – we want to be making the decisions ourselves.
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