CHARLOTTE — The White House is trying to distance itself from an Op-Ed piece written by President Trump’s top Trade Advisor, Peter Navarro, about Dr. Anthony Fauci. And, tributes continue to pour in for Civil Rights Icon and longtime Congressman John Lewis who died Friday. Lewis leaves behind a legacy of achievements which are vital to today’s conversation about race. Here’s […]
Coping with COVID-19, Sree Sreenivasan’s call-in show on WBAI in New York City: featuring a tribute to civil rights icon John Lewis
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Parents, students and teachers got the word they had been waiting on for weeks: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will begin the upcoming school year in the classroom then switch to all-remote learning. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said the state’s public school systems can reopen with a hybrid of in-person and remote teaching, while South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster
CHARLOTTE, NC – Governor Roy Cooper announced North Carolina schools will reopen in August. Political contributor Mary C. Curtis has a breakdown of the governor’s plan.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The debate over school re-openings intensifies, amid a rise in coronavirus cases. It comes as new data shows nearly one in four American teachers are at higher risk of serious illness if they contract coronavirus. Click above for more with our political contributor, Mary C. Curtis.
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Guesting on Sree Sreenivasan’s Sunday #NYTReadalong this week, July 12. Every Sunday at 8:30am he reviews the print edition of the Sunday New York Times, taking audience comments and interviewing special guests. (If you didn’t catch it live, you can watch the replay right here.) Neil Parekh is the Executive Producer. His production team includes: Paula Kiger,
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CHARLOTTE, NC — Over the last few weeks we’ve seen the removal of confederate monuments across the United States. Here in North Carolina, the controversial “fame’ statue was removed from downtown Salisbury. In Gaston county, a panel is having talks this week to decide the future of a confederate statue outside the courthouse. Here’s WCCB Political
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – President Trump, at Mount Rushmore on Friday night, set the stage for a campaign increasingly focused on “culture war” issues. “Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history, defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children,” the President said. So, is the appeal of a “culture war”
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Elijah McClain of Aurora, Colorado, was many things. The slight 23-year-old, who looked younger, was a massage therapist one client described as “the sweetest, purest person I have ever met.” He was a vegetarian who taught himself to play the guitar and violin and shared his musical gifts with shelter animals to calm them. Family members said he
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CHARLOTTE, NC — What did the president know? That’s the question lawmakers want answered– after reports that U.S. intelligence found out Russians offered a bounty if Taliban terrorists killed U.S. and British troops in Afghanistan. The white house says the president was never briefed on the plot. Here’s WCCB political contributor Mary C. Curtis.
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