The Rev. CJ Brinson: Mark Robinson disgraces Greensboro’s storied history

Greensboro has been at the forefront of just about every major movement of justice in the United States. A key battle of the American Revolution was fought on Battleground Avenue, the vestiges of the Underground Railroad still exist today on the campus of Guilford College and, of course, the Woolworth lunch counter protests happened at what is today the International Civil Rights Center & Museum.

This Roe anniversary, threats to reproductive freedom in NC continue to mount

Now, the highest-ranking Republican in state government and the GOP’s leading candidate for Governor, Mark Robinson, is claiming that once a woman becomes pregnant, “it’s not (her) body anymore.” Robinson has gone on to say that he is looking forward to getting “to move the ball” after the election by enacting further abortion restrictions, including a total ban on […]

FRESH EYES: Greensboro — Mark Robinson is not our native son

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, has repeatedly denigrated the Civil Rights Movement at large and even our hometown heroes specifically. He has said the Civil Rights Movement was a communist plot to “subvert capitalism” and used “to subvert free choice” and that “so many freedoms were lost during the Civil Rights Movement.”

On the anniversary of the nation’s deadliest mass shooting, a demand for NC leaders to do better

Here in North Carolina, for instance, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson – then still a private citizen – actually sought to cast doubt on the disaster, posting on his Facebook page that he was “SERIOUSLY skeptical” about what happened in Las Vegas. It was a remarkable, irresponsible, and dangerous act for any person – but especially for someone who would soon successfully seek to become one of the highest-ranking elected officials in our state.