WUNC: “A 30-foot statue of a Confederate soldier will continue to stand in front of the Alamance County courthouse in downtown Graham, after a judge ruled that state law prohibits the removal of the monument. The state chapter of the NAACP filed a lawsuit last year to have it removed, but Alamance County leaders want it to…
Month: September 2022
“Graham delivered a gift to Democrats: Proof of GOP’s abortion extremism”
WaPo: “Graham introduced a bill on Tuesday — just eight weeks before Election Day — that would impose a nationwide abortion ban after 15 weeks of pregnancy (barely into the second trimester). While he provides an exception in cases where the pregnancy would kill the woman, he provides no other exceptions to protect the health of women….
“How historical housing practices led to the racial makeup of my Durham neighborhood”
HuffPo: “Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant appeared to help former NFL quarterback Brett Favre obtain federal welfare money for a new volleyball center at the University of Southern Mississippi, according to texts entered in the state’s civil suit over the alleged scheme. The texts, first reported by Mississippi Today’s Anna Wolfe on Tuesday, appear to show how Bryant, the state’s…
“Virginia Creates ‘Election Integrity’ Unit”
Political Wire: “Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares (R) is creating a new unit dedicated to ensuring “legality and purity in elections,” the Virginia Mercury reports.”
“As rural homelessness increases, HUD aims money at helping people without access to shelters”
NC Policy Watch: “The Department of Housing and Urban Development has opened up millions of dollars in funding for groups serving unhoused people in rural areas — an unprecedented move by the agency, say housing advocates. People living in cars, parks, and on the street at night, which the agency labels unsheltered homelessness, has increased…
“The Struggling Arkansas Town That Helped Stop Russia in Its Tracks”
Politico: “Nestled in the remote backwoods of southern Arkansas, some of the nation’s busiest weapons plants are gearing up for historic levels of defense spending and to replenish the stocks of artillery, high-caliber ammunition, rockets, missiles and propulsion systems that have been siphoned off to help Ukraine even the battlefield odds against Russia. Widely circulated images of burned out…
Child Poverty Fell 59% from 1993 to 2019
NY Times: “For a generation or more, America’s high levels of child poverty set it apart from other rich nations, leaving millions of young people lacking support as basic as food and shelter amid mounting evidence that early hardship leaves children poorer, sicker and less educated as adults. But with little public notice and accelerating…
On Vacation
Yellow Dog is on vacation until mid-September.