Hey friends! My name is Jordan and I want to start this post off by thanking you for visiting The Big Picture blog. I started this blog to, as the website header says, help make sense of a world that just doesn’t.

Specifically, I’ll be analyzing, and sharing my opinions on what’s going on in North Carolina state politics, as well as politics on a national level. I want to reiterate, that while I’ll be using fact based articles and reports, I’ll be sharing MY OPINIONS on what they may entail. My hope is that my posts will help make sense of the latest news, and spark curiosity in you to go and learn more on your own.

But who are you? You may be (rightfully) asking. I’m currently a Legislative Assistant in the General Assembly of North Carolina, but also a recent grad (2019) of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. I’m a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, and let me add that I absolutely love the city that I’m from. Truthfully, I care about a lot. However, lately I’ve been more determined than ever to help educate people on what is going on in the world around them. It’s easy for me to get a notification from a news outlet with the latest Executive Order from the President, and to understand it without much trouble. Unfortunately, that doesn’t work out the same for everybody; and over the last few years, I’ve learned you can’t hold that against people. American politics is… ugly, to put it simply. It’s massively complicated, and purposefully designed to illicit “compromise”. In school, we’re taught the basics, a very barebones introduction to American Government, and after that you don’t really touch it again unless you decide to Major in Political Science in college.

The failure of our education system in teaching us about our own system of government, and the need to remain engaged with it, has taught me the need to meet people where they are, wherever they are, and to make information accessible to them.

If you’ve made it this far in, thank you again for reading! When I get this blog up and running you can expect a weekly update on the latest NC/National news, and also special opinion pieces on pressing issues. Please share with anybody you think could benefit, and feel free to follow me on my socials: Twitter: JordanALopez_; IG: jordanlopez_ . Take care y’all, and always look for the bigger picture.