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Phil Ford Slams HB2, Endorses Roy Cooper for NC Governor

Posted by Staff | Sep 16, 2016 | Featured, State

UNC basketball legend Phil Ford slammed the controversial North Carolina law known as HB2 and endorsed Roy Cooper for North Carolina governor in an email to Cooper’s supporters Friday afternoon. Ford wrote that he was...

HB2 is Just Dumb

Posted by Staff | Sep 15, 2016 | Columns

We are starting with bathrooms. You should know that HB2 isn’t just about the bathroom. The backlash to the law is about so much more than that. We will talk about all of it, but we need to start with bathrooms. When a...

Three GOP Legislators Calling for Modifications or Repeal of HB2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 15, 2016 | Featured, State

Two Republican state Senators are now saying it may be time to modify or fully repeal North Carolina’s House Bill 2. The change in sentiment is coming after the NCAA and Atlantic Coast Conference announced this week that...

ACC Pulling Championships Out of North Carolina Over HB2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 14, 2016 | ACC, Featured

The Atlantic Coast Conference, which is headquartered in Greensboro, is following in the footsteps of the NCAA and removing all previously scheduled neutral-site championship events from North Carolina due to the state’s...

NCAA Moving Championships from North Carolina Over HB2

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, State

The NCAA has announced it is moving all previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-2017 academic year over the state’s controversial House Bill 2. The law, which advocates maintain is the worst...

UNC System Board of Governors Working On How to Pay for HB2 Lawsuit

Posted by Blake Hodge | Sep 12, 2016 | Featured, State

For the first time since a federal judge blocked the University of North Carolina System from enforcing the state’s controversial House Bill 2, the system’s governing body met on Friday. During a closed session portion of the...

Stand Against HB2 Concert Scheduled at Cat’s Cradle

Posted by Staff | Sep 7, 2016 | Arts & Entertainment

On the Sunday before Election Day, Cat’s Cradle will be the setting for a Stand Against HB2 concert. More than a dozen artists are scheduled to perform. It all starts at noon on Sunday, November 6. The bands scheduled to...

Groups Suing Over HB2 Asking for Expansion of Friday’s Preliminary Injuntion

Posted by Blake Hodge | Aug 29, 2016 | Featured, State

The LGBT rights groups suing the state of North Carolina are asking for broader relief than what was issued in a district court ruling on Friday regarding the state’s controversial House Bill 2. The law, which was passed in a...

Federal Court Blocks UNC From Enforcing HB2

Posted by Staff | Aug 26, 2016 | Featured, State

A federal court has blocked the University of North Carolina system from enforcing certain provisions of House Bill 2. The court ruled that HB2 violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. It issued a preliminary...

“We Drew A Circle And Took Him In!”: PlayMakers Opens 2016-17 Season

Posted by Aaron Keck | Aug 23, 2016 | Arts

PlayMakers kicks off 2016-17 with a comedy about being transgender and Muslim in America.

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