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The Renewed Debate Over Voter ID
A voter ID law is on trial again in North Carolina. Is it in line with the Constitution this time? Or is it once again targeting Black voters? Guest …
4 years, 11 months ago
Inclusive Or Indoctrination: The Debate Over New Social Studies Standards
Synthesizing American history is not a simple exercise. What periods, figures, and narratives should emerge in public school classrooms, and who gets…
4 years, 11 months ago
Anti-Trans, Medical Marijuana And Equal Time in the Classroom: A Week of NC Policy Proposals
A trio of Republican state senators filed an anti-transgender bill at the state legislature this week. Another new proposal calls for political parti…
5 years ago
A Conversation With Roy Cooper
Governor Roy Cooper joins the politics podcast to explain why he thinks his latest push for Medicaid expansion might yield a different result. The De…
5 years ago
A Vestige of the Jim Crow South: North Carolina’s Literacy Test
When is the last time you read the North Carolina constitution? It’s an exercise generally reserved for the ... most passionate political followers. …
5 years ago
Governor Cooper Proposes A Budget, Conservatives Balk At Any Gun Reform
Democratic Governor Roy Cooper rolled out his spending proposal this week. He asks again for Medicaid expansion and sizable teacher raises. And in th…
5 years ago
Hundreds Of Bills Seek To Alter Voter Access
Since unfounded claims of election fraud proliferated last November, proposals to change election law have surfaced in nearly every state house in th…
5 years ago
Why Atlanta Shootings Are Unlikely To Move North Carolina Lawmakers
In the wake of mass shootings in Atlanta, Democratic State Senator Jay Chaudhuri has renewed a push for a hate crime law in North Carolina. Will this…
5 years ago
Can You Irrigate A News Desert?
More than half of North Carolina’s counties are considered a news desert – with depleted local journalism. On this episode of The Politics Podcast: w…
5 years ago
A Rare Bipartisan Deal
Senate leader Phil Berger, House Speaker Tim Moore and Governor Roy Cooper gathered for an exceptional moment to mark a compromise deal on public sch…
5 years ago