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The latest from Mary
- Criminal justice reform had a bipartisan minute. Then 2020 reared its head
- Signs of a Weakening Economy?
- A look at the growing disinformation wars
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: No Charges for CMPD Officer; Racist Letters to CLT Leaders
- Ken Cuccinelli wants to be a poet. First he needs a history lesson
- Will Jeffrey Epstein’s Victims Get Justice?
- The lessons of Toni Morrison: Words matter, now more than ever
- America’s Way Forward After Mass Shootings
- The Baltimore that raised me is America too
- First Night of Democratic Debate
- Is a blue city in a purple state having second thoughts about hosting a red convention?
- The Politics of Robert Mueller’s Public Testimony
- Charlotte Talks News Roundup: Clayton Wilcox In CMS Limbo; Trump Racist Tweet Stirs Anger
- Will America ‘go back’ to where it came from?
- What’s Next After CMS Board Suspends Superintendent
- Why big yellow buses are the big red herring of 2020
- What Does the Jeffrey Epstein Case Say About Justice and Privilege?
- Are we in this American experiment together? A July Fourth question to contemplate
- A Controversial Fourth of July Celebration
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: SCOTUS Gerrymandering Decision; New Noise Ordinance; NC Budget
- This election, black voters will not lie low and take one for the team
- Previewing 2020 Democratic Debates
- As Democrats line up to debate, the GOP is regressing
- U.S.-Iran Conflict Escalates
- North Carolina’s Republican Party is having an identity crisis
- Campaign season means ‘law and order.’ Can we break the habit?
- President Trump’s U.K. Visit
- Team Trump’s Harriet Tubman stumble was a missed opportunity for the GOP
- A Growing Charlotte Is Now 16th Largest City. Can We Handle It?
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: VP Pence Visits CLT; Huntersville Ed Committee Recommendations
- Can Bernie Sanders change his luck in the South?
- North Carolina redo sets stage for copycat campaigns in 2020
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: Proposed City Budget; CMPD Updates Body Cam Policy; 9th District
- An American credo: Justice for some, especially the four-legged
- Will Changing Charlotte Neighborhoods Change Charlotte?
- After gun massacre, Charlotte is now ‘one of those cities’
- A Deadly Shooting at UNCC, and a City in Shock
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: CMPD Releases Full Body Camera Video; 9th District Early Voting
- It’s called accountability, but only for some
- To Impeach or Not to Impeach
- Are Young Voters the Key to the White House in 2020?
- For serious primary voters, the parade of Democratic candidates is no joke
- When a hate crimes hearing goes very wrong, something’s not right in America
- 2020 Democratic Presidential Field
- Does the ‘content of their character’ still matter in the 2020 race?
- Finding the Solution to Growing Gun Violence in Charlotte
- Mary C. Curtis on Column-Writing in a Polarized Time
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: NC Gerrymandering At SCOTUS; Deadly CMPD Shooting; CMS Budget
- When does partisan gerrymandering cross the line?
- Supreme Court Hears Arguments in NC Gerrymandering Case
- If Trump won’t fight white supremacist terrorists, these people will
- Fighting Global White Supremacist Terrorism
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: Panthers May Move HQ To SC; New Candidates For 9th District
- How big and little lies, plus cash, prop up the ‘American dream’
- College Admissions Scandal and What it Reveals
- A half-century after Selma, the ‘black friend’ defense is going strong
- More arrested in 9th district election scandal, as GOP’s new slate still growing
- GOP greets North Carolina election scandal with crickets, excuses and misdirection
- Countdown to Muse 2019: Impossible Writing by Mary C. Curtis
- What’s next in 9th Congressional District election after Mark Harris drops out?
- Why politicians, and everyone, need to think about legacy
- How Ralph Northam is spending his Black History Month
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: BB&T and SunTrust Merge; No New Funds for Cross CLT Trail
- Trump was trying to channel Reagan. He sounded more like Nixon
- Trump’s 2019 State of the Union Address
- Stacey Abrams has already delivered her message
- Campaign 2020
- A Kamala Harris candidacy is a test, and not just for the candidate
- Judge Denies Mark Harris’ Request to Be Certified
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: E-Scooter Rules; Affordable Housing Funds; Flight 1549 Reunion
- Very much up for grabs: this year’s profile in courage
- Impact of Government Shutdown
- If Trump is looking for a national emergency, he should try these ones instead
- Government Shutdown and Border Wall
- 9th District Race – No End in Sight
- Trump’s reading list: Start with dictionary, look up ‘wall’
- For 2018 Trump Starred in Best (Worst?) Reality Show Yet
- A Year of Uncertainty in Charlotte and Beyond
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: Voter ID Is Law In NC; 9th District Still Unresolved; I-77 Tolls
- The Criminal Justice Bill Shows Where the GOP Is on Race
- More Drama in 9th District House Race
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: Live from 7th Street Market in Uptown
- If She Didn’t Give Up on Democracy, Neither Should We
- A House Race in North Carolina Gets Curiouser and Curiouser
- The Life and Legacy of George H.W. Bush
- After This Election, the NRA Is No Longer Calling All the Shots
- N.C. Lame-Duck Session Begins, with Voter ID the Chief Task
- What Are We Thankful for? Decorum, Trump’s New Favorite Word
- Four-year Terms for Charlotte City Council Members?
- NO SURPRISE, BLACK WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN THE LEAD
- Too Soon? Divining Democrats With the ‘It’ Factor for 2020
- The State of America’s Election System
- Did the Politics of Division Work? Yes and No
- 2018 Midterm Takeaways
- The Devil on Trump’s Shoulder and in the Country’s Ear
- President Trump Wants to End Birthright Citizenship
- Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: Rae Carruth Released; Early Voting Numbers Up; Trump Visits CLT
- One Person, One Vote. Is It That Complicated?
- Mary C. Curtis: Governments and the Media
- If Protesting Is Wrong, America Doesn’t Want to Be Right
