News and Views with NC Policy Watch's Chris Fitzsimon

News and Views with NC Policy Watch's Chris Fitzsimon

News and Views provide timely analysis of the challenges North Carolina leaders face in charting a better course for the state through radio interviews.

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November 8, 2021 14 mins
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Pierce is a social studies teacher at Red Oak Middle School in Battleboro, North Carolina and was social studies teacher of the year in 2019.

The post NC Social Studies teacher Rodney Pierce on the need to teach a broad, full history of America appeared first on NC Policy Watch.

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Wake County Commissioners Chair Matt Calabria discusses a new comprehensive anti-discrimination ordinance, ongoing efforts to stop the spread of COVID, and the vexing shortage of affordable housing

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Public education advocates Letha Muhammad and Sarah Montgomery discuss the growing grassroots effort to convince the state legislature to comply with a state court order to provide every child in North Carolina with the opportunity to receive a sound basic education.

The post Public education advocates Letha Muhammad and Sarah Montgomery with the latest on Leandro appeared first on NC Policy Watch.

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The Polis: Center for Politics at the Sanford School of Public Policy and the Duke Department of Mathematics recently held a special two-day conference on Redistricting and American Democracy. This segment features four of the national experts invited to participate: Kathay Feng, National Redistricting Director, Common Cause; David Wasserman, Senior Editor, Cook Political Report; Dr. Michael Bitzer, Professor of Politics and Histor...

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Read: Clear and present danger: Former Army missile plant has polluted a Black, Latino neighborhood in Burlington for more than 30 years

The post State Representative Ricky Hurtado discusses the remarkable and maddening story of an abandoned missile factory in the city of Burlington appeared first on NC Policy Watch.

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