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Aug 28, 2019 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
Over the past several weeks, we sent reporters and photographers to some of the places in North Carolina where political lines are said to disenfranchise voters the most. Here's what they found 👇(1/10)
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Gerrymandering is the practice of drawing district boundary lines to benefit a political party or group. Politicians decide the lines. And the lines decide who gets to vote for which politicians. (2/10)
Dec 29, 2018 • 6 tweets • 8 min read
The News & Observer's 2018 Tar Heel of the Year is ...
Rev. William J. Barber II.
He led NC's Moral Monday rallies as leader of the NC NAACP. The MacArthur Fellow has launched a rebirth of the Poor People’s Campaign.
#NandOTarHeel@RevDrBarber@RevDrBarber “You can’t follow Jesus and not say something when you see injustice. ... The prophetic call demands that we say something.” -- Rev. William J. Barber II, the News & Observer's 2018 Tar Heel of the Year.
