Radio Interviews

Senator Natasha Marcus

Senator Natasha Marcus discusses Governor Cooper’s compromise budget offer, a bailout for North Carolina’s rural, struggling hospitals, and investigating a cancer cluster in the Mecklenburg County area.

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Brian Kennedy, policy analyst for the NC Budget & Tax Center

Brian Kennedy, policy analyst for the NC Budget & Tax Center Brian Kennedy, policy analyst for the NC Budget & Tax Center, discusses how North Carolina’s 100 counties are faring across key indicators of economic well-being and opportunity. Click here for the 2019 County Economic Snapshots.

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NC State University Political Scientist Dr. Andy Taylor

NC State University Political Scientist Dr. Andy Taylor handicaps the 2020 Presidential race, top state contests and our chances for nonpartisan redistricting reform.

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Courts and law reporter Melissa Boughton discusses the Hofeller files and future of partisan redistricting after the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling

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El Pueblo Political Director Moisés Serrano on the need to close the border detention facilities holding migrant children and families

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George Washington University professor Leighton Ku discusses “The Economic and Employment Benefits of Expanding Medicaid in NC”

Read a copy of the full study here.

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NC Child Research Director Whitney Tucker on why NC ranks 33rd in child well-being

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Equality NC Executive Director Kendra Johnson discusses discrimination, disparities and the progress toward lived equality for the LGBTQ community

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Senator Terry Van Duyn discusses Medicaid expansion, redistricting reform and the status of the state budget negotiations

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Erin Wynia of the NC League of Municipalities discusses the digital divide and the need for a greater investment in North Carolina’s infrastructure

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Sarah Montgomery and Carmin Roldan of Education without Barriers discuss the roadblocks facing North Carolina’s English language learners in our public schools.

Click below to see scenes from Educación Sin Barreras NC’s advocacy day at the NC General Assembly:

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Senator Wiley Nickel discusses state budget negotiations, green energy policies, and a move to effectively abolish the Electoral College

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Rep. Billy Richardson discusses the battle over Medicaid expansion, school funding and reducing emerging contaminants in our public waters

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Amy Beros of the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina discusses food insecurity in the summer months, poverty, and the ongoing recovery from last year’s hurricane season

Learn more about the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina’s #StopSummerHunger campaign.

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Economist Patrick McHugh of the NC Budget & Tax Center discusses the state budget and tax decisions being hammered out in Raleigh

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UNC-CH assistant history professor William Sturkey discusses race in the American South and the toll Silent Sam has taken on the university campus

UNC-Chapel Hill assistant history professor William Sturkey discusses race in the American South and the toll the Silent Sam debate has taken on the university campus. Sturkey also discusses  his latest book: Hattiesburg: An American City in Black and White.

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