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QUALIFIED: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work with Shari Dunn | 284 33:58

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In this episode, we delve into the concept of being "qualified" in the workplace, examining who gets labeled as such, who doesn't, and the underlying reasons. We explore "competency checking"—the practice of scrutinizing individuals' abilities—and how it disproportionately affects underrepresented groups, often going unnoticed or unchallenged. Our discussion aims to redefine qualifications in a fair, equitable, and actionable manner. Our guest, Shari Dunn , is an accomplished journalist, former attorney, news anchor, CEO, university professor, and sought-after speaker. She has been recognized as Executive of the Year and a Woman of Influence, with her work appearing in Fortune Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Ad Age, and more. Her new book, Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work , unpacks what it truly means to be deserving and capable—and why systemic barriers, not personal deficits, are often the real problem. Her insights challenge the narratives that hold so many of us back and offer practical solutions for building a more equitable future. Together, we can build workplaces and communities that don’t just reflect the world we live in, but the one we want to create. A world where being qualified is about recognizing the talent and potential that’s been overlooked for far too long. It’s not just about getting a seat at the table—it’s about building an entirely new table, one designed with space for all of us. Connect with Our Guest Shari Dunn Website& Book - Qualified: https://thesharidunn.com LI: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/sharidunn TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thesharidunn Related Podcast Episodes: How To Build Emotionally Mature Leaders with Dr. Christie Smith | 272 Holding It Together: Women As America's Safety Net with Jessica Calarco | 215 How To Defy Expectations with Dr. Sunita Sah | 271 Share the Love: If you found this episode insightful, please share it with a friend, tag us on social media, and leave a review on your favorite podcast platform! 🔗 Subscribe & Review: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music…

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Today is King Day – the day we remember and celebrate the life of one of our nation’s greatest heroes — the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What’s more, oddly enough, this year, it’s also inauguration day for Donald Trump as he returns to the White House for his second term.

And it’s difficult to think of two leaders or historical figures who differ more.

King was a modern day prophet who courageously and selflessly challenged and spurred the nation to live up to the words of it founding documents by rejecting its dark past of racism and segregation and embracing a bright future of human rights and equality.

Trump, sadly, is a self-absorbed leader who looks backward rather than forward and who, despite paying occasional lip service to opposing racism, regularly allies himself with white nationalists who represent our nation at its worst.

The bottom line: There’s no doubt that Donald Trump will dominate the national political scene in the near term, but in the long run, Rev. King will be remembered and celebrated long after Trump recedes into obscurity.

For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.

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MLK will be remembered and celebrated long after Trump

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Today is King Day – the day we remember and celebrate the life of one of our nation’s greatest heroes — the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

What’s more, oddly enough, this year, it’s also inauguration day for Donald Trump as he returns to the White House for his second term.

And it’s difficult to think of two leaders or historical figures who differ more.

For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.

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State Senate panders with wasteful “border protection” legislation 1:04

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The first time most people hear about a bill introduced by North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger entitled the “Border Protection Act,” a lot of them think: “Wait — are South Carolina or Virginia up to something?” And as silly as that sounds, it’s no sillier than the bill itself — which has nothing to do with state or national borders, but rather is the latest effort by a politician to pander to prejudice and irrational fears about immigration. Not only would the bill force state law enforcement agencies to, among other things, run down the immigration status of everyone in their custody, it would mandate costly audits of numerous public programs to make sure no unauthorized immigrant is receiving a benefit — something that’s already illegal. The bottom line: This cynically labeled bill will impose expensive and wasteful new mandates on already overworked and understaffed agencies, while sowing more alienation and stress in the lives of thousands of good and hardworking men and women who clean our public restrooms, help build our homes and put food on our tables. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Trump/Musk cuts to national parks will have terrible impact in NC 1:05

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The massive funding cuts and layoffs inflicted by President Trump and his billionaire sidekick Elon Musk on numerous federal government agencies and contractors in recent weeks are already producing disastrous results. All across the country, thousands of good and vitally important public servants are suddenly unemployed and many of their important functions are now falling to overworked survivors or simply being abandoned. And while some of these jobs — like, say, cancer researchers or food safety inspectors — may typically operate beyond the public’s view, other cuts will be immediately apparent. Take our national parks. This vital public resource has always been underfunded and understaffed and now the recent Trump/Musk purge in which around 1,000 employees were summarily canned will make things much worse. The bottom line: if you plan to visit a national park or monument this year like North Carolina’s Great Smokies or Cape Hatteras, get ready for lots of trash, dirty restrooms, poorly maintained trails and a big shortage of employees to keep order and serve visitors. And you can thank Trump and Musk for the mess. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Lending that combats the climate crisis is not “discrimination” 1:05

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Hypocrisy from politicians of the right who claim to be champions of the free market, but only do so selectively, was on display again this week at the state legislature. The issue this time: agricultural lending. Under a bill advancing in the state House, banks and credit unions would be prohibited from considering issues like environmental sustainability and greenhouse gas pollution when extending loans and other services to farmers. Sponsors say they’re targeting discrimination. In other words, the bill, in effect, prohibits private businesses from deciding where they want to invest their own money. Mind you: this is coming from the same conservative politicians who are trying to repeal every public law and corporate policy that promotes diversity and fair treatment for groups — people of color, women, LGBTQ+ citizens — who’ve long been the target of genuine discrimination. And you really can’t make this stuff up. The bottom line: Earth to conservative lawmakers: socially and environmentally responsible corporate lending and investing is not discrimination. Indeed, it’s something that we need a lot more of, not less. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield…

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Pilot program confirms that signature verification scheme for absentee ballots is a waste 1:05

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In today’s world, voting by mail is increasingly popular and a proven tactic for increasing turnout. In some states it’s the only way to vote. Unfortunately, North Carolina lawmakers keep making it harder. Last year, the legislature required election officials to run a pilot program in 10 counties in which computer software was used to scan every voter’s mailed ballot signature to see if it matched their original registration form. This, despite the obvious problem predicted by critics that many people’s signatures — especially older and disabled voters — have changed dramatically over the years. Not surprisingly, the experiment proved to be an expensive waste of time that was plagued by technical problems and uncovered hardly any problem ballots. Even a notorious conservative election integrity crusader admitted the scheme isn’t going to work. The bottom line: North Carolina law already requires absentee voters to include a copy of their photo ID and have two individuals or a notary witness their ballot. Lawmakers should ditch the wasteful signature verification scheme. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Attorney General Jackson battles Trump and Musk to protect consumers 1:05

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Big corporations and predatory lenders have always hated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ever since it was established 15 years ago. And repeatedly during that period, the bureau has proved its worth by establishing and enforcing commonsense rules that target exploitive practices and help protect average Americans when they’re making big purchases and borrowing money. A recently adopted rule would help keep medical bills from ruining people’s credit reports. Not surprisingly, in light of all this, President Trump and his billionaire sidekick Elon Musk have made crippling and/or abolishing the agency a top priority. Thankfully, attorneys general across the nation, including North Carolina’s Jeff Jackson, are fighting back. They’ve filed a federal court brief that argues the Bureau has become an essential partner to states in consumer protection efforts. The bottom line: Actions like this are one of the reasons North Carolinians elected Jackson as the state’s top lawyer. Let’s hope he and his fellow AG’s succeed in keeping this important consumer watchdog on the job. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Dr. David McLennan on why NC voters have deep concerns about some of Trump’s early priorities 11:56

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A narrow majority of North Carolina voters supported Donald Trump in last November’s presidential election, but just weeks into his second term in office, large majorities oppose some of his highest profile policy ideas and initiatives, according to the latest Meredith College Poll . Meredith pollsters asked likely voters for their views on an array of policy matters— both foreign and domestic — as well as a handful of North Carolina-specific issues. And while results varied somewhat depending upon the political party, race and gender of the voters surveyed, there were some clear and noteworthy takeaways about what most North Carolinians are thinking, and recently we caught up with the poll’s director, Prof. David McLennan to learn more. Click here for the full interview with Prof. David McLennan.…

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Sen. Jay Chaudhuri on key budget challenges facing the state and the impact of Trump funding cuts 12:01

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We’re now a month into the 2025 state legislative session and lawmakers have begun the process of crafting what’s always the most important legislation of the year — a new state budget. This year, thanks to the devastating impact of Hurricane Helene and growing softness in state revenue forecasts after years of regressive tax cuts, that work comes with some extra challenges. Recently, in order to get a gauge on where things stand, NC Newsline caught up with Senate Democratic Whip Jay Chaudhuri of Wake County. And as Senator Chaudhuri told us, he’s quite concerned about some of the choices the legislature is likely to face, as well as the impact of the binge of federal funding cuts emanating from the Trump administration, and a state Senate bill that could force many health insurance plans — including the State Health Plan — to limit coverage of necessary procedures. Click here to listen to the full interview with NC Senator Jay Chaudhuri.…

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NCAE president Tamika Walker Kelly on Trump’s plan to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education 12:26

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Among the many deeply controversial proposals emanating from Washington these days is the Trump administration’s announced plan to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Though details remain extremely sketchy at this point, it doesn’t take a PhD to grasp that such a plan would have devastating impacts across the country — from kindergarten through college — given the millions of students who depend on federal education funding and programming. Not surprisingly, the proposal has sparked outrage and spirited opposition from thousands of teachers, and recently we caught up with one of their leaders, North Carolina Association of Educators president Tamika Walker Kelly. And as Walker Kelly told NC Newsline’s Rob Schofield, she and her fellow teachers will be actively opposing the Trump scheme, as well as a new proposal here in North Carolina that would negatively impact already inadequate teacher incomes by raising state health plan premiums. Click here to listen to our full interview with NCAE president Tamika Walker Kelly.…

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A dark anniversary for tyranny 1:04

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Today marks a dark day in recent world history. As Scott Peoples — a North Carolinian and U.S. 82nd Airborne veteran — wrote in a powerful essay for NC Newsline, today is the third anniversary of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s criminal invasion of Ukraine. What’s more, as Peoples observes, it’s hard to know what’s worse: the horrible reality of Putin’s murderous invasion itself, or that President Donald Trump continues to betray our nation’s longstanding role as a beacon of freedom by effectively endorsing it. Last week, Trump — who’s never disguised his affection for the Russian war criminal — said quote “Russia fought for that land in Ukraine and lost a lot of soldiers doing it, so Russia should keep it.” And it’s hard to fathom that an American president would ever utter such shameful words. The bottom line: Trump’s statement surely has true patriots like Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and John McCain turning over in their graves. One can only hope that Republicans like North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis, who rightfully denounced Trump’s stance, have finally had enough. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Gov. Josh Stein: Popular with voters and talking common sense 1:05

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A new Meredith College poll shows North Carolina governor Josh Stein is off to solid start. Fifty-eight percent of North Carolina voters — including 54 percent of Republicans — approve of his performance thus far, while only 19% disapprove. Stein’s ratings have been boosted by his energetic and bipartisan work to promote Hurricane Helene recovery. What’s more, unlike President Trump, whose approval rating is already underwater, Stein has avoided unnecessary confrontation. Instead, he’s opted for sober, middle ground positions that reflect where most North Carolinians come down. The latest example: Stein’s call for a freeze on state tax rates. As the governor notes, with Helene costs rising, federal aid increasingly uncertain, and state revenue projections shaky, now is a good time for the state to step back, run the numbers, and see how things play out for a while before plowing ahead with new tax cuts. The bottom line: The state legislature, whose popularity with voters lags Stein’s by a mile, would do well to heed the governor’s commonsense recommendation. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Recipe for curbing homelessness is not that complicated 1:05

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New numbers show the U.S. has made some encouraging progress in recent years in curbing homelessness among military veterans. Since 2009, the official count of homeless vets has fallen by more than half, and the reasons behind this trend are not hard to find. Spurred on by lobbying from veterans groups like the American Legion, Congress has invested heavily in programs that aid struggling vets with affordable housing and other important services. Unfortunately, the sad flipside to this news is that homelessness for all other groups continues to spike. Here in North Carolina the overall homelessness number was up nearly 20 percent last year — 31 percent for people who were on the street. And the reasons for this are obvious. Programs to help non-veteran homeless people are much less well-funded. The bottom line: Curbing homelessness will never be easy, but it’s not rocket science. As the success with veterans shows, sustained public investments can make a big difference. Would that all homeless Americans had champions like the veterans lobby in their corner. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Trump-Musk cuts already causing cruel and senseless devastation in NC 1:04

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If ever there was a societal moment of desperate need for large and well-funded teams of scientists, researchers, and other experts to help guide our state and nation in this ever more complex world, it’s now. Between climate change, mass migration, artificial intelligence, the threat of new pandemics, and an ever-more competitive global economy, the need for top-flight human brain power dedicated to finding common good solutions is acute. And it’s because of this that the recent slash-and-burn firings and funding cuts imposed by President Trump and Elon Musk are, and will continue to be, so devastating. Right here in the Triangle we’re already seeing big and hugely destructive cuts at our universities, the EPA and nonprofits like RTI International. Hundreds of our best and brightest — people who’ve dedicated their careers to public service — are being summarily and wrongfully fired. The bottom line: The Trump-Musk funding cuts are causing chaos and ruinous destruction. All caring and thinking people should call on leaders in Congress and the courts to stop them. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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The stark and sobering contrast between our national and state HHS leaders 1:04

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Both North Carolina and the nation have new Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the contrasts between the two leaders could not be plainer. North Carolina’s new health chief, Dr. Dev Sangvai is an accomplished family physician, professor and administrator. Before joining Gov. Josh Stein’s administration, he served as President of Duke Regional Hospital and President of the North Carolina Medical Society. His work has focused on improving health care access, strengthening the health care workforce, and making care more efficient. Unfortunately, our new national HHS leader’s background is not nearly as impressive or relevant. President Trump’s appointee, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is a gadfly lawyer and politician with a checkered past and a long record of promoting kooky conspiracy theories and dangerous falsehoods about disease immunization. The bottom line: National and state-level health secretaries are among our most important leaders. North Carolinians can only hope that Dr. Sangvai ends up having a more direct impact on their lives than Mr. Kennedy. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Prof. Gunther Peck of Duke University on the ongoing challenge to last fall’s Supreme Court election 14:18

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The biggest story in North Carolina politics right now remains the unsettled race for a seat on the state Supreme Court. Although multiple recounts show incumbent Democratic Justice Allision Riggs as the winner, Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin is seeking to have more than 60,000 ballots cast by registered voters thrown out based on technicalities — most notably that many voters’ records lack a Social Security or driver’s license number. While the case remains tied up in litigation, that hasn’t stopped a lot of groups and individuals from examining and challenging Griffin’s action. One such group is the Student Voting Rights Lab at Duke and North Carolina Central Universities and recently Newsline’s Rob Schofield caught up with the group’s founder and co-director, Duke University History Professor Gunther Peck, to find out what they’ve uncovered. Click here to listen to the full interview with Gunther Peck .…

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Gretchen Engel of the Center for Death Penalty Litigation on the role of race in our justice system 15:14

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Two of the most hotly debated topics in law and policy — racial justice and the death penalty — have been on trial in a high-profile criminal case in Johnston County over the last year. In the case, a man named Hasson Bacote challenged the death sentence he received in a murder trial based on his contention that race, and racism played a role in the sentence he received — something that was prohibited at one point in our state under a law known as the Racial Justice Act. Last week, in what is being widely hailed as a landmark decision , a superior court judge issued a lengthy and detailed ruling in which held that race had in fact played big and wrongful role in Bacote’s sentence. So, what exactly did the judge find and what does it mean for our state going forward? Recently NC Newsline sat down with one of the lawyers who represented Bacote — Center for Death Penalty Litigation executive director Gretchen Engel — to find out. Click here to listen to the full interview with Gretchen Engel.…

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The NC Black Alliance on challenges facing today’s environmental justice movement 14:54

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While no one these days is safe from the destructive impacts of climate change and the pollution that plagues our fragile environment, poor people and people of color are disproportionately at-risk, as it’s their communities and neighborhoods that most frequently lie in flood plains, close to sources of toxic pollution, or in otherwise hazardous areas. It’s this hard truth that gave rise several years ago to the environmental justice movement — a cause that seeks to shine a light on at-risk communities and spur public action to help them. Unfortunately, environmental justice is not something that’s popular with polluters or the Trump administration, and as NC Newsline’s Rob Schofield learned in recent conversation with Chad Martin and Karida Giddings of the North Carolina Black Alliance, this fact is leading to some very worrisome policy developments.…

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Griffin and other conflicted judges must publicly recuse themselves from Supreme Court election case 1:05

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It’s a basic cornerstone of the American justice system that judges must not participate in cases in which they have a conflict of interest or even the appearance of one. That’s why state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs promptly and publicly recused herself from the court’s consideration of a lawsuit filed by her opponent in last fall’s election — Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin — challenging the outcome. Weirdly and disturbingly, however, Griffin has yet to follow suit. Instead, he’s simply issued a vague statement that he quote, “won’t participate” in the case should it come before the court on which he sits. And that’s simply not enough. A plainspoken, public and official recusal is required. And that’s also the case for two other Court of Appeals judges, Tom Murry and Valerie Zachary, whose campaigns financially supported Griffin’s last fall — actions that, apart from the election case, raise important ethical concerns. The bottom line: Judge Griffin seeks a seat on the state’s highest court. His actions since last November provide little evidence that he’s ready to fill such a position. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Unemployment insurance bump is welcome but not nearly enough 1:05

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Republican legislators seldom boost programs that help vulnerable people so, on one level, it’s welcome news that a state House committee advanced a bill this week to increase North Carolina’s maximum weekly unemployment insurance benefit. Under the bill, the max weekly benefit would rise from the laughably insufficient current level — $350 — to the still woefully inadequate figure of $450. Davie County Republican Julia Howard is among the bill’s lead sponsors and she deserves credit for saying the benefit ought to be even higher. Unfortunately, even if the bill becomes law — something hardly guaranteed — our state will still have one of the nation’s weakest and most inadequate unemployment insurance systems. It’s been that way since GOP lawmakers eviscerated it in 2013. The bottom line: Providing a basic and adequate social safety net for people out of work through no fault of their own should not be controversial. Let’s hope the bill becomes law quickly and that it’s just the first step in rebuilding our state’s threadbare unemployment insurance system. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Legislature bears responsibility for impending teacher and state employee premium hikes 1:04

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North Carolina public school teachers and state employees are badly underpaid. The chief cause: repeated and regressive tax cuts enacted by Republican legislators that have caused state revenues (as a share of the economy) to plummet over the past 15 years. Today, even states like Alabama and Mississippi do a better job of funding government. Amazingly, however, the situation is about to get worse. Thanks to the legislature’s ongoing failure to appropriate adequate funds and to require transparency in the contracts the State Health Plan negotiates with insurers and providers, the plan has a half-billion dollar deficit. And last week, plan trustees said they would impose sizable new premium hikes on enrollees of hundreds of dollars per year to close the gap. And this is simply wrong. The bottom line: the planned State Health Plan premium hikes are just the latest example of how our state legislature continues to wage an ideological war on public employees and, ultimately, the public services on which we all should have a right to depend. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Hegseth’s revival of Fort Bragg name is too clever by half 1:05

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The Trump administration is making a mockery of a well-designed system the U.S. government has long employed for naming important places for historical figures. The latest example: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s too-clever-by-half move to rename North Carolina’s Fort Liberty Army base as Fort Bragg. The name was changed from Bragg to Liberty just a couple years back at the conclusion of a long overdue process designed to end the practice of honoring officers of the Confederacy like General Braxton Bragg who took up arms against the U.S. during the Civil War. Unfortunately, such processes and values don’t mean anything to Trump and Hegseth so they’ve revived the name Bragg, while claiming it now honors a World War II private with the same surname. Please. What’s next? A base named after a Korean War marine named Robert E. Lee? The bottom line: Hegseth can cloak the move however he likes, but its true purpose as another attack on racial justice and basic norms of democratic governance is patently obvious. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Experts to legislature: Please fund our public schools 1:05

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The more state legislators avert their eyes and ears and pretend not to notice, the more that North Carolina public education experts continue to issue new and urgent pleas to adequately fund our public schools. Two of the most important voices weighed in with new entreaties in just the last few days. Both the Public School Forum of North Carolina and the state Board of Education released short and to-the-point lists of priorities for the 2025 General Assembly. Their requests: Fund schools adequately and equitably Dramatically improve the state’s near lowest-in-the-nation teacher pay Rebuild crumbling school facilities Address the crisis in student mental health and wellbeing Modernize the state’s system for assessing schools, and Demand accountability from taxpayer subsidized private schools. The bottom line: GOP state legislative leaders are willfully and destructively starving our public schools even as they heap mounds of cash on unaccountable private voucher schools. It’s essential that they reverse course before the damage becomes irreversible. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Congresswoman Deborah Ross on the tumultuous first weeks of the new Trump administration 12:55

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Whether it was his intention or not, Donald Trump has undoubtedly caused more havoc in the first few weeks of his second administration than any president in U.S. history. The sheer volume of orders, directives, memos, and PR stunts — many of them contradictory and half-baked — has given rise to an atmosphere of widespread fear and anxiety. Fortunately, a large and fast growing group of advocates and elected leaders is pushing back. And one of the most thoughtful and articulate members of that group is Triangle-area U.S. Rep. Deborah Ross. Ross (NC-02) spoke eloquently at a January rally in Raleigh opposing Trump’s scheme to freeze trillions of dollars in federal appropriations and grants, and as she told NC Newsline’s Rob Schofield, she and her fellow Democrats in Congress and in state government have only just begun to fight. Click here to listen to the full interview with Congresswoman Deborah Ross .…

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NC NAACP’s Deborah Dicks Maxwell on Jefferson Griffin’s effort to overturn the election he lost 11:17

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Few political controversies in North Carolina loom larger right now than the effort of Republican state Supreme Court candidate Jefferson Griffin to overturn the election he lost last fall to Democratic incumbent Allison Riggs. Griffin still wants the ballots of more than 60,000 disproportionately Black and young voters thrown out on technical grounds and recently, in response, Deborah Dicks Maxwell, the president of the North Carolina NAACP, penned a power essay condemning the purge idea as a dangerous ploy that threatens lasting damage to our state. This past week, Newsline caught up with Maxwell from her Wilmington home where she displayed a sign reading “1898” — a reminder of the horrific racist coup perpetrated on that city many years ago in the aftermath of another controversial election. Click here to listen to the full interview with the NC NAACP President Deborah Dicks Maxwell.…

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Dr. Lauren Fox of the Public School Forum on NC’s top education issues 14:20

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At the start of the 2025 state legislative session, few needs in our state stand out as more obvious and dire than the ones we see in our public schools. From teacher pay to facilities to student well-being to the way we track performance in and demand accountability from the schools we fund, public education in our state continues to reel from almost a decade and a half of legislative neglect. And while Republican legislative leaders continue to display little interest in reversing this pattern of neglect this year, the needs are no mystery. Indeed, the nonpartisan Public School Forum of North Carolina recently released a short, sweet and obvious list of public education priorities that would, if followed, make a huge and positive impact, and recently NC Newsline caught up with one of the experts who crafted it, the Forum’s Senior Director for Policy & Research, Dr. Lauren Fox. Read the Top Education Issues for the current biennium. Click here to listen to the full interview with Dr. Lauren Fox.…

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NC legislature should stay in its own lane 1:05

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After having successfully gerrymandered their way to complete control of the state legislature over the last 15 years, you’d think North Carolina Republican lawmakers would be sure enough of themselves to at least occasionally countenance other voices. Unfortunately, you’d be wrong. The latest ridiculous example: a bill introduced last week that would effectively prevent the state’s attorney general from doing their job — serving as North Carolina’s top lawyer. Under the legislation — which is aimed at current AG Jeff Jackson for daring to question some of President Trump’s recent unconstitutional edicts — attorneys general would be barred forever from making an argument in any lawsuit that challenges a presidential executive order or any act of the legislature. Think they’d push such a bill if the attorney general was a Republican? The bottom line: The attorney general is elected by all the people of the state and sworn to enforce the constitution to the best of their ability. By attempting to silence and micromanage this important constitutional officer, lawmakers have set a new low for partisan and power-hungry vindictiveness. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Throwing gas on a fire: GOP lawmakers look to worsen our state’s gun violence crisis 1:05

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Gun violence is an epidemic in our society that kills almost 50,000 Americans every year, including close to 2,000 in North Carolina alone. Last year, the U.S. experienced more than 500 mass shootings. No other modern nation comes even close to these frightening rates. And yet, amazingly, over at the North Carolina General Assembly, Republican state legislative leaders seem bent on doing everything they can to make the situation even worse. In recent days, they’ve introduced multiple bills that would allow anyone 18 or older to carry a concealed weapon without any kind of training or permit. Yes, you heard that right. The bills would make it perfectly legal for a high schooler (someone who can’t legally buy a beer) to obtain and carry a concealed handgun in public — at the grocery store, in a movie theater, or just walking down the street — with no rules whatsoever. And you really can’t make this up. The bottom line: America’s gun violence crisis is a rapidly growing wildfire, that Republican lawmakers are preparing to douse with gasoline. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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Terrorizing innocent schoolchildren 1:05

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The Trump administration’s new and ham-handed anti-immigration policies are terrorizing innocent kids and disrupting our schools. In numerous places, U.S. citizen children who’ve lived here their entire lives go to school each day fearing their non-citizen parents may not be at home when the school day ends. As NC Newsline reported this week, teachers and parents in Cabarrus and Durham Counties say worries about the crackdown are causing big problems in their communities. One Cabarrus County middle schooler even asked his teacher quote “if ICE comes to school, can I jump out of the window and run?” And needless to say, when children come to school this fearful, it’s disruptive to the entire school. One Durham mom described her children’s school not as the safe place it should be, but as a place of worry and anxiety. The bottom line: The U.S. needs comprehensive immigration law reform now that provides a pathway out of the shadows for millions of good people. The Trump plan to rely on mass deportation and terror is a cruel and un-American strategy that will ultimately prove futile. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

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NC conservative group embarrasses with fawning treatment of pardoned insurrectionist 1:04

منذ 26 يومًا1:04

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As 82nd Airborne veteran Scott Peoples put it in a recent op-ed for NC Newsline, President Trump’s decision to pardon participants in the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection — even those who violently assaulted police officers — was a low point in the history of the American presidency. Even many conservative Trump supporters were appalled. Sadly, however, one prominent conservative voice in North Carolina — a group that calls itself independent and libertarian — has thrown in with the rioters. In a fawning article in its newsletter, the Carolina Journal, the Raleigh-based John Locke Foundation, allowed one of the violent leaders of the assault — a North Carolina man who was later arrested for driving while impaired while on pre-trial release and found to be transporting an assault rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition — to portray himself as a victim and defender of quote “freedom.” The bottom line: The insurrectionists who violently invaded our Capitol were not heroes but criminals. And as with Trump’s pardons, those who promote their lies and delusions help undermine all of our freedoms. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

NC Newsline

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Stein, lawmakers should move quickly to tie off the work of Rebuild NC 1:05

منذ 27 يومًا1:05

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One of Gov. Josh Stein’s best actions since taking office was to make rebuilding hurricane ravaged western North Carolina a top priority, and putting a new office with new leaders in charge. Unfortunately, as NC Newsline reported repeatedly in recent years, the state’s previous disaster recovery office — known as NCORR or Rebuild NC — chalked up a mostly abysmal record in responding to Hurricanes Matthew and Florence. Last week, Rebuild NC boss Pryor Gibson told state lawmakers his agency needs a new infusion of more than two hundred million dollars to complete work on hundreds of homes that, maddeningly, remain unrepaired after nearly a decade. Not surprisingly, lawmakers were angered and let Gibson know. Unfortunately, they have little choice but to provide the funds. The bottom line: Rebuild NC’s disaster response work has, itself, been a disaster. Gov. Stein and lawmakers should provide the necessary funds and then see that it quickly completes its work and stays the heck out of western North Carolina. After that, they should see that the agency is disbanded as soon as possible. For NC Newsline, I’m Rob Schofield.…

NC Newsline

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Lynn Bonner on the ongoing efforts of a NC Supreme Court candidate to have 60,000+ ballots discarded 10:21

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The big political story in North Carolina right now continues to revolve around the unsettled election for a seat on state Supreme Court. Multiple recounts confirmed that the incumbent justice, Democrat Allison Riggs, was the narrow winner over Republican challenger Jefferson Griffin, but nearly three months after Election Day, Griffin has yet to concede. Instead, he’s gone to court in an effort to have the ballots cast by more than 60,000 registered voters thrown out on a variety of technical grounds, in hopes it will reverse the election results. Last week, a new chapter in the saga unfolded when the federal Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments over whether the matter should be decided in state or federal court, and the day after arguments were heard, Newsline’s Rob Schofield caught up with veteran reporter Lynn Bonner, to discuss where things stand and what might be next. Click here for the full interview with reporter Lynn Bonner. Read more of Bonner’s reporting here.…

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