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Daily Radio Commentary with NC Policy Watch
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20 of 101 episodesBernie Sanders tells it like it is
  He may now be 83, but few if any American political leaders do a better job of truth-telling and connecting with young people than Ve...
The gerrymandering mess threatens to spiral out of control
  Gerrymandering. Most Americans are familiar with this phenomenon in which politicians rig electoral maps and elections for partisan p...
The legislature’s mini-budget won’t get the job done
  As has so often been the case with a legislature that refuses to work and negotiate in good faith, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein had...
Simple cruelty
  The next time someone tries tell you that the North Carolinians with Medicaid health insurance are lazy slackers who participate in a...
Task force outlines some commonsense first steps to address state’s child care shortage
  Early childhood education. Across much of the rest of the world, free, public early childhood education is a basic right. At a time i...
A simple and commonsense tax proposal
  Tax policy can be maddeningly complex and confusing. Indeed, keeping it that way is one tool the super-rich use to avoid paying their...
Lack of air conditioning in state prisons is cruel and unusual punishment
  There are many things that have changed for the better in North Carolina prisons over the last century. That said, it’s also true tha...
New and damning school voucher data confirm worst fears
  Ever since North Carolina legislators established the so-called “Opportunity Scholarships” school voucher program, sponsors and propo...
Democratic lawmaker embarrasses with uninformed anti-immigrant speech
  It’s no surprise that State Rep. Carla Cunningham – a Democrat from Mecklenburg County — declined to speak with reporters this...
The cruel incompetence of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics
  New research from the national news organization Stateline highlights some of the big flaws in the Trump administration’s immigration...
North Carolina officials should work to enact and protect AI regulation
  The rapid development of artificial intelligence has the potential to spur amazing advances in human society that are definitely wort...
NC Democrats and Republicans agree: Release the Epstein files
  Twenty years ago, investigative reporter Barry Levine started covering a wealthy socialite named Jeffrey Epstein. Five years ago, aft...
Lawmakers should sustain Gov. Stein’s vetoes, enact a new state budget
  Like the rest of the nation, North Carolina faces some enormous policy challenges these days. Thanks to sustained disinvestments in a...
Sixteen years without a minimum wage hike is way too long
  Over the last 87 years – particularly during the 20th Century – few innovations in the American economy have done more to lift up ave...
The political right formally abandons deficit reduction as a priority
  There was always something that didn’t quite add up when American conservatives complained about federal budget deficits. Despite the...
Researchers release yet another damning report on NC’s school voucher program
  When state lawmakers first opened the door to school vouchers in North Carolina, they billed them as quote “opportunity scholarships,...
Failure of property tax relief bills highlights folly of GOP fiscal policies
  North Carolina Republican lawmakers’ mad rush to slash income taxes on corporation and the wealthy in recent years has produced many...
Tillis continues to disappoint after briefly raising hopes
  After almost 12 years, it’s familiar by now, but sadly, the pattern in which Senator Thom Tillis raises hopes that he’ll act with cou...
Attorney General Jackson is fighting to get North Carolina critical funds it was promised
  There are probably plenty of days in which North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson wishes his job duties were similar to those o...