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Moral Monday Begins for Short Session
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The General Assembly is back to work and so are Moral Monday protesters.
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The General Assembly is back to work and so are Moral Monday protesters.
Republicans gathered Tuesday to give thanks to their state legislators for voting along conservative lines. This “Thankful Tuesday” gathering was a response to the 11 Moral Mondays, during which residents have protested the actions of the legislature.
Former NC Commissioner of Labor Harry Payne, holding an unemployment sign, stood with the 6-foot-tall cardboard sign displaying the number 170,000 during Monday’s ninth week of protests at the state legislature building.
As the “Moral Monday” protests on Jones Street continue into an eighth week, national attention grows for both the protests and the conservative shift at the North Carolina General Assembly. In recent weeks the New York Times, LA Times and Washington Post have covered the protests.