Author Dr. Katharine Wilkinson discusses efforts to combat the global climate emergency
As the effects of climate change continue to grow and spread at an alarming rate, it can be easy to become overwhelmed. But as author Dr. Ka...
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20 of 115 episodesDr. Hope Thompson of the Natural Resources Defense Council on rising homeowner’s insurance
One of the most expensive and worrisome immediate impacts of climate change and the weather disasters it spawns is the fast-rising cost of h...
States Newsroom’s Jonathan Shorman on voting rights, Trump and the GOP’s efforts to cling to power
Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, hardly a day goes by in which there is not some brazen, precedent shattering action by the p...
Amy Beros discusses the persistent hunger crisis that plagues central and eastern North Carolina
Genuine food insecurity in which people don’t know where their next meal is coming from is a subject that merits a lot of attention. By any...
Brooks Fuller of Common Cause North Carolina on proposals to make voting in our state harder
Ever since Republicans captured control of the state legislature at the outset of the last decade, North Carolinians have been witness to a...
NC Newsline reporter Brandon Kingdollar discusses an array of bills being advanced by GOP lawmakers
North Carolina state lawmakers are in the midst of the 2026 legislative session and, as had been expected, several important proposals are a...
NC Budget and Tax Center director Alexandra Sirota on the problematic new constitutional amendments
Republican state legislative leaders made headlines in recent days by announcing that they have finally reached agreement on a new state bud...
Duke University’s Jackson Ewing on a massive merger between NC’s two largest electricity providers
Earlier this month, regulatory commissions in North and South Carolina approved a merger between the two energy monopolies that dominate ele...
Rep. Phil Rubin on education funding and why a new property tax scheme could make problems worse
It appears that, finally, after a year-long delay that has left North Carolina the only state in the union without a budget for the current...
NewDEAL CEO Debbie Cox Bultan on making government deliver better results
When it comes to politics and policymaking, the present era is among the most divided and rancorous in modern American history. At the natio...
Southern Coalition for Social Justice’s Chris Shenton on the gutting of the Voting Rights Act
One of the greatest achievements of the American Civil Rights movement was the enactment more than 60 years ago of a law known as the Voting...
The message NC public school educators desperately want budget writers to hear
Last week was national Teacher Appreciation Week, a time to celebrate educators who show up for their students every day. Unfortunately, for...
Charlotte-Mecklenburg educator Justin Parmenter on public education funding and the May Day rally
Thousands of North Carolina public school teachers and their supporters converged on Raleigh this past Friday to demand that state lawmakers...
State Rep. Renee Price on efforts to improve Black maternal health
One especially vexing public health issue that continues to plague North Carolina is the persistent crisis in the wellbeing of Black mothers...
Wake Ed Partnership’s Keith Poston on why education must be a priority this legislative session
With the North Carolina General Assembly back in Raleigh for the 2026 session, the state of our public schools is once again at the top of t...
How well states are doing in funding and supporting high quality pre-school
State support for preschool education hit record highs for enrollment, quality, and funding in the 2024-2025 school year, according to a new...
Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira on the rise in state lottery ticket sales
It’s been 20 years now since North Carolina started its state lottery and with only a very few exceptions, state lotteries are now an almost...
NC Budget and Tax Center’s Sally Hodges Copple on the legislature’s worrisome tax triggers
As state lawmakers return to Raleigh this week for their 2026 legislative short session, there’s one issue that looms as the most important...
Public School Forum’s Lauren Fox on the top education needs facing North Carolina
The state of North Carolina finds itself in a fiscal policy mess thanks to a series of regressive income tax cuts, there’s no larger or more...
New York Times reporter Eduardo Medina on the seismic change in the NC Senate
The biggest story in North Carolina politics right now – indeed, it’s a big national story – is the recent primary election defeat of longti...