Thursday, March 24, 2016

Urban-rural-suburban chasm redux

This deserves repeating. With absolutely no additional commentary. Seriously. None.

The push by Republican leaders is the latest front in a battle in the Old North State between liberal-leaning cities and more conservative areas of the state, and it’s also the latest front in a national battle over LGBT rights. ...

The state is deeply divided between liberal cities and conservative rural areas, and with few prospects to take back control in Raleigh, progressives have looked to local government as a way to enact change.