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Newspaper
Sun Journal
Location
New Bern, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 2019
Page
7
The Sun Journal lists its leadership and staff positions with Michael Distelhorst as group publisher Chris Segal as editor Ken Warren as group advertising director Sheila Meadows as circulation director.
The editorial urges North Carolina to expand Medicaid under the ACA, arguing it would cover over 500,000 low income workers without initial state costs while federal funds and private-sector fees pay. It notes hospital write offs and rural disparities, warns of costs later, and calls citizens to lobby lawmakers before 2020 elections.
The piece argues Democrats should embrace modesty to defeat Trump, noting practical concerns over grand gestures. It highlights African American voters as pivotal in 2016 and 2020, who favored Clinton and Sanders respectively, while challenging extreme promises like court packing and abolishing the electoral college as distractions.
Journal column notes 2016 Pew finding 27% of African American Democrats liberal and a resisting stance on reparations. It argues Democrats must win more than Clinton counties, court swing counties like Howard in northeast Iowa, and appeal to both progressive and moderate wings while avoiding self flatteries about 2016. It cites Kerry Obama histories, late voting starts Sept 18, and George Will's critique.
The Sun Journal invites letters to the editor up to 400 words and asks writers to submit body text via email or online form. Include name address and daytime phone. only name and hometown published. two week gap between letters from same writer. no attachments. submissions to SJLetters NewBernSJ.com or via mail to New Bern NC address.
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