![The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/north_carolina_voter_id_ap_img.jpg)
The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina The Country’s Worst Anti-Voting Law Was Just Struck Down in North Carolina
The Fourth Circuit appeals court finds that Republicans “targeted African Americans with almost surgical precision.”
Jul 29, 2016 / Ari Berman
![Fighting Deportation in North Carolina](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/fighting_deportation_nc_ap_img.jpg)
The North Carolina 6 and the Targeting of Black and Brown Youth The North Carolina 6 and the Targeting of Black and Brown Youth
#BlackLivesMatter, #ImmigrantLivesMatter, and this criminalization must stop.
Jun 24, 2016 / Rebekah Barber
![The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/North_carolina_VoterID_AP_img.jpg)
The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election The Gutting of the Voting Rights Act Could Decide the 2016 Election
States with new voting restrictions have 70 percent of the electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
Jun 21, 2016 / Ari Berman
![Senator Jesse Helms](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Senator_Jesse_Helms_NC_ap_img.jpg)
The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Is an Old Ploy That Can’t Stop Our New Movement The ‘Bathroom Bill’ Is an Old Ploy That Can’t Stop Our New Movement
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory and his allies are bringing back sex-panic tactics that Jesse Helms perfected decades ago.
May 23, 2016 / Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II
![North Carolina’s Discriminatory Bathroom Law May Also Worsen Economic Inequality](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/HB2_transgender_AP_img.jpg)
North Carolina’s Discriminatory Bathroom Law May Also Worsen Economic Inequality North Carolina’s Discriminatory Bathroom Law May Also Worsen Economic Inequality
HB2 could prevent cities and counties from passing pro-worker policies, including minimum-wage increases and paid-family-leave laws.
May 20, 2016 / Ashe McGovern
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Steph Curry on North Carolina’s HB 2: ‘No One Should be Discriminated Against’ Steph Curry on North Carolina’s HB 2: ‘No One Should be Discriminated Against’
Despite corporate, religious, and hometown pressure, Steph Curry spoke out against the homophobic legislation.
Apr 13, 2016 / Dave Zirin
![The Ugly Fantasy at the Heart of Anti–Trans Bathroom Bills](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/North_Carolina_Bathroom_bill_ap_img.jpg)
The Ugly Fantasy at the Heart of Anti–Trans Bathroom Bills The Ugly Fantasy at the Heart of Anti–Trans Bathroom Bills
Do supporters of so-called “bathroom bills” want trans people to cease to exist altogether?
Mar 25, 2016 / Tobias Barrington Wolff
![How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/North_Carolina_voting_AP_img.jpg)
How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls How North Carolina Is Discriminating Against Voters at the Polls
The state’s new voter-ID law led to long lines and voter intimidation in the March primary.
Mar 25, 2016 / Ari Berman
![Adam Silver](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Adam_Silver_ap_img.jpg)
The NBA Needs to Move the 2017 All-Star Game From Charlotte. Now. The NBA Needs to Move the 2017 All-Star Game From Charlotte. Now.
Commissioner Adam Silver has a chance to lead on challenging an ugly piece of discriminatory legislation. Judging by his own words, it’s past time for him to do so.
Mar 24, 2016 / Dave Zirin
![Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/bernie_sanders_ap_img.jpg)
Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished Start Making Sense: Bernie Isn’t Finished
John Nichols on Hillary’s victories; plus Ari Berman on North Carolina voting restrictions, and Tom Frank on the Democrats’ failures.
Mar 17, 2016 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener