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Washington Post on: Whites have fled the Democratic Party.                                                                Here’s how the nation got there.

News & Observer Article: Jury Awards Hog Farm Neighbors $50 Million

  Smithfield says it's an economic necessity, everything they do is legal

NYT Op-Ed: Former CIA and NSA Director Michael Hayden on 'The End of Intelligence'

Washington Post Op-Ed: Vermont Governor's Dramatic Reversal on Gun Control

South Carolina Report: Yet Another Reason to Stop the Drilling:

Thousands of tons of WWII munitions, including chemical weapons, are laying on the bottom of the ocean off of South Carolina

Video: Bernie Sanders and Rev. William Barber join a panel at Duke

  on 'The Enduring Challenge of a Moral Economy'

Video: Trevor Noah's Interview With Eric Holder on Gerrymandering and Racial Bias

Brookings Institute Report: The Impact of Trump's Tariffs on Jobs

  Check out the map showing the dark red impact on Duplin County

186,000 NC 17-year-olds can change our state.  Will they ?

NYT Editorial on Judicial Gerrymandering

Federal Appeals Court Rules AR-15 Not Covered By 2nd Amendment

ABA Journal Article on the Battle for Control of the Judiciary

Rolling Stone Article on China's Impact on Duplin Hog Farming

News & Observer Article on $830,000 Earmark for Duplin Land Development (River Landing)