Pay Our Teachers More

House Democrats have recently unveiled legislation to lower child care costs for families and increase teacher pay in North Carolina. The bills focus on helping parents stay in the workforce by expanding access to affordable child care and investing in early childhood education programs, while also addressing teacher shortages through higher pay and stronger support for educators. Democrats believe that investing in schools, teachers and child care is critical to strengthening our state’s economy, supporting families, and improving long-term outcomes for children. 

The Attack On Voting Rights:

Just as we thought things couldn’t get any worse, it did.

The recent Supreme Court ruling effectively gutted key protections of the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal political participation by narrowing how courts evaluate race‑based vote dilution. Its immediate consequence: states can redraw congressional maps that break apart Black voting communities, turning majority-Black districts into several whiter, safer Republican seats and diluting Black political power. In North Carolina, we’ve seen this playbook before.

But now nationwide the decision revives an “impact” posture that makes it much harder to prove Section 2 or equal‑protection claims based on the practical effects of maps on Black voters—so discriminatory outcomes that once could be challenged are now harder to prove. 

Here’s what we can do now:

Reach out to Republican Legislators and demand they act now to save our voting rights, people have fought too long and too hard to see them slip away in 2026. They deserve more!