How competitive will North Carolina be in 2020? We talk about the presidential race, a tough battle for Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and the hyperpolarization of local politics in the state. Host Jeremy Hobson is joined by Jeff Tiberii (@j_tibs), Capitol Bureau Chief at WUNC and Mary Curtis (@mcurtisnc3), columnist at Roll Call based in Charlotte.
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A North Carolina police officer has been charged with voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed black man. Officer Randall Kerrick of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department fired 12 shots, ten of which hit 24-year-old Jonathan Ferrell, according to authorities. Ferrell, who had played football for Florida A&M University, was seeking help after crashing
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A Cheerios ad featuring an interracial family — a black husband, a white wife and a biracial child — inspired so many racist comments on YouTube, General Mills disabled the comments. Cheerios stands by its ad, releasing a statement saying, “At Cheerios, we know there are many kinds of families, and we celebrate them all.”
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