Julienne Gage

Civic en­gage­ment cam­paigns in North Car­oli­na brings race and po­lice bru­tal­i­ty to the fore­front of dis­course.

Black church­es con­tin­ue to play a role in the US state’s civ­il rights move­ment, march­ing to­geth­er to vot­ing cen­tres.

Ex­cite­ment at ear­ly vot­ing cen­tres af­ter ac­tivists fought law that tar­get­ed black vote “with al­most sur­gi­cal pre­ci­sion”.

Im­mi­grants could help De­mo­c­ra­t­ic can­di­date Hillary Clin­ton to seize elec­toral votes in cru­cial swing state.