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Plea deal offers glimpse into rampant bail industry fraud
by Joe Killian
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

When Sarah Jessenia Lopez plead guilty last month to attempted notary fraud related to bail bonding, it was not earth shattering. After all, fraud and criminality in North Carolina’s for-profit bail industry has been rampant for years.

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News

Fearing suppression, voting rights advocates make case for early voting sites in letters to county boards

By Melissa Boughton

7/16/2018

Early voting in North Carolina is a big deal with a big turnout, but advocates are bracing for a negative impact this year after some last minute legislative wheeling and dealing.

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Monday numbers: The link between polluters and impoverished communities

Monday numbers: The link between polluters and impoverished communities

7/16/2018

Q&A with state Court of Appeals candidates – the Calabria seat

Q&A with state Court of Appeals candidates – the Calabria seat

By Melissa Boughton

7/13/2018

Q&A with state Court of Appeals candidates – the Arrowood seat

Q&A with state Court of Appeals candidates – the Arrowood seat

By Melissa Boughton

7/12/2018

Q&A with state Court of Appeals candidates – the Elmore seat

Q&A with state Court of Appeals candidates – the Elmore seat

By Melissa Boughton

7/11/2018

PW exclusive: A Q&A with all three NC Supreme Court candidates

PW exclusive: A Q&A with all three NC Supreme Court candidates

By Melissa Boughton

7/9/2018

Original Commentary

N.C. General Assembly has failed to act, but the time to stop Chemours’ pollution is now

7/18/2018

“How long before we say enough is enough?” state lawmaker Ted Davis Jr. asked his colleagues in the N.C. House in February. “How much more is Chemours going to get away with before something is done?”

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Reflections on life in the Neo-Gilded Age

Reflections on life in the Neo-Gilded Age

By Dr. Charles Beem

7/17/2018

Just say “no”

By Rob Schofield

7/17/2018

It’s getting deep…

It’s getting deep…

7/16/2018

The trouble with ICE

The trouble with ICE

7/12/2018

The 14th Amendment was intended to achieve racial justice – and we must keep it that way

The 14th Amendment was intended to achieve racial justice – and we must keep it that way

By Dennis Parker

7/11/2018

LGBTQ youth suicide crisis demands strong and immediate action

LGBTQ youth suicide crisis demands strong and immediate action

By Ames Simmons

7/10/2018

Video

Rep. Mickey Michaux talks race, civil rights as he retires after 4 decades in the General Assembly

NC NAACP on the harms of requiring photo voter ID

Former UNC System President Tom Ross on the dangers of gerrymandering

Editorial Cartoons

It’s getting deep…

7/16/2018

Legislative power grab and the adventures of Ant Guv

7/9/2018

And speaking of a nuisance industry…

7/2/2018

Watch the Birdie

6/25/2018

SB 711 – The pig’s roast

6/18/2018

SB711: Industrialized hog farms & citizens’ right to sue

6/11/2018

Infographics

Legislature takes first step to combat sexual harassment; advocates say it’s far from sufficient

3/22/2018

Despite backing of legislature and UNC leaders, critics worry NC’s lab school experiment is doomed to failure

2/7/2018

Two days remain to comment on how DEQ should spend $92 million to clean up the state’s air

12/14/2017

Pressure mounts on NC’s largest pork producer to clean up its act

12/6/2017

Info-graphics – Judicial Redistricting Maps

11/14/2017

Lawmakers refuse to say how incumbent judges and D.A.’s fare in new maps; so we did it for you

9/27/2017

Events

May 15 | America’s most dangerous policy addiction (and the threat it poses to the common good)

May 4 | A new day in the fight against gun violence?

March 22 | Prof. Christopher Faricy discusses his book “Welfare for the Wealthy: Parties, Social Spending, and Inequality in the United States”

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