While you were sleeping

    While you were sleeping, Republicans in the Senate took a major step toward repealing the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday night, while simultaneously voting down proposed amendments to make sure people with preexisting conditions could still get coverage.   GOP Marks for Death All the Parts of the Affordable Care Act Even those […]Read Post ›

  “Democracy can buckle when we give in to fear. So, just as we, as citizens, must remain vigilant against external aggression, we must guard against a weakening of the values that make us who we are.” – President Barack Obama, from his farewell speech, January 10, 2017 There was sobbing, actual wailing, in homes […]Read Post ›

Follow Emily Patterson @emilyfornc This is the #OFA door in Greensboro! We were out registering voters for @BarackObama. #firedupreadytogo 7:08 PM – 17 Jun 2012 Retweets likes South County 4 Obama   Obama’s Legacy: His Army Of Campaign Volunteers Continues To Serve January 5, 20174:34 AM ET Scott Horsley – NPR On a cold night […]Read Post ›

On this day in 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses Congress in an effort to move the nation away from a foreign policy of neutrality. The president had watched with increasing anxiety as European nations struggled and fell to Hitler’s fascist regime and was intent on rallying public support for the United States to take […]Read Post ›

“There’s something unique about America.  We don’t simply welcome new immigrants, we don’t simply welcome new arrivals — we are born of immigrants.  That is who we are.  Immigration is our origin story.  And for more than two centuries, it’s remained at the core of our national character; it’s our oldest tradition.  It’s who we […]Read Post ›

“So, 2016 didn’t turn out to be such a great year. What’s that? You’ve been in a coma all year so you haven’t heard? Well then, let me tell you about it. • We lost a whole bunch of great artists and celebrities over the year. Beginning with David Bowie and ending with Debbie Reynolds. […]Read Post ›

Hillary reminded us of what our mothers and grandmothers endured in the march toward women’s equality; that it wasn’t so long ago that women were denied basic rights that are taken for granted by so many today. She inspired us with her grace under fire and showed us the possibilities…”there’s no going back — no […]Read Post ›

Not now, not ever – #NOTMyPresident

The Electoral College meets tomorrow to decide our President. God Help us Everyone…