The left-wing group Progress NC describes itself as “a 501(c)3 non-partisan non-profit organization dedicated to informing voters of key public policy issues through traditional news media, online engagement, and hands-on communications trainings.”
Published: Thursday, October 1st, 2020 @ 11:10 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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When WRAL reported on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision to throw out North Carolina's congressional maps barely a month ahead of the 2016 Primary, the station's "journalists" turned to their friends in three different organizations belonging to Blueprint NC (the "eviscerate"* group)...
Published: Monday, March 14th, 2016 @ 3:20 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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If you're a frequent visitor to Mapping the Left (mappingtheleft.com) you have watched the website go through a transformation in the last few weeks. The look is new and mappingtheleft.com has been redesigned with advanced capabilities. You will notice faster and more powerful, yet simple...
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 6:35 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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The court battle over the Voter Information Verification Act (VIVA), the landmark election reform legislation signed into law in 2013, will begin again in a few weeks. U.S. Judge Thomas D. Schroeder, from the United States District Court, Middle District of North Carolina, will begin to hear...
Published: Wednesday, June 24th, 2015 @ 11:17 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It can be very difficult to grasp or visualize the vastness of the network of left-wing groups in North Carolina. But one way to start is with the key group on the left, the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation - and the family that dominates it.
Published: Monday, March 2nd, 2015 @ 5:54 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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It shouldn't have come as a surprise in 2013 that North Carolina Democrats and self-styled progressives reacted with fury when Republicans took over the General Assembly and the governor's office.
Published: Tuesday, April 29th, 2014 @ 12:51 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
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Supporters of public campaign financing have long claimed that it would never have a partisan slant. But the latest Civitas investigation has found how one liberal activist has taken control of the process.
Published: Sunday, May 19th, 2013 @ 8:37 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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“Fascists,” “bums,” and “killing machines.” That’s how conservatives and Republicans were described at the initial meeting of a new organization of faculty members in North Carolina. The group, named “Scholars for a Progressive North Carolina,” was formed in response to...
Published: Sunday, April 21st, 2013 @ 5:07 am
By: John William Pope Center
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In the aftermath of the Blueprint NC imbroglio, there has a new wave of political and media attention devoted to North Carolina think tanks, policy centers, and activist groups.
Published: Tuesday, March 12th, 2013 @ 4:07 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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