Hi, John – it’s Ken Burns.

Today, I’m asking you to make a donation to Roy Cooper’s campaign for U.S. Senate in North Carolina. Winning this race is absolutely critical if we’re going to flip the Senate, so I hope you’ll join me in supporting Roy. Will you chip in $5?

Across this country, people are hurting in ways that don’t always make the history books but shape lives all the same.

The grocery bills that are too high. A lifesaving prescription that forces a difficult choice. A paycheck that just doesn’t stretch as far as it once did.

These are the real pressures that define a moment.

Roy Cooper has spent much of his life as a public servant working to ease those burdens.

Not seeking attention but doing the work. Expanding access to affordable health care. Investing in public schools. Defending the idea that government, at its best, is not distant – but present, steady and accountable to the people it serves.

It is the kind of leadership that rarely makes noise, but over time, it leaves a mark.

Right now, there are those who want to take North Carolina – and our country – in a different direction. They see division as a strategy; they mistake power for purpose. They are organized. They are well-funded by dark-money and special interest groups.

The only way we can defeat them is if dedicated, caring people like you choose not to sit back but to take part. The power rests in our hands, and we must use it.

Will you make a donation of $5 or any amount today to help Roy flip North Carolina blue and take back the Senate?

Help ensure that the next chapter of North Carolina reflects the very best of what this state has always tried to be.

Thank you for doing your part,

Ken Burns