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BLACK ISSUES FORUM: Local and National Topics Leading to 2024 Elections

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A look at topics impacting our decisions for 2024 elections. Plus, renewed debate about monuments and our country’s history of slavery raises a question: are we’re preserving history or our future? Host Kenia Thompson discusses these topics and more with Immanuel Jarvis, chairman of the Durham County GOP; columnist Mary C. Curtis (Roll Call); and […]

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Local News Roundup: Earnest Winston fired; Panthers’ HQ agreement ended in Rock Hill; and more

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The CMS Board of Education fired Superintendent Earnest Winston on Tuesday, in a 7-2 vote. In a time period of high scrutiny over school performance, lower test scores and mismanagement within the school, the board decided to part ways with Winston, but pay him over half a million dollars over the next two years. We’ll

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Black Issues Forum: A Tense Trial, Building Broadband & the Filibuster’s Future

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WTVD reporter Tim Pulliam and “Roll Call” columnist and host of the “Equal Time” podcast Mary C. Curtis join Black Issues Forum to discuss the start of Derek Chauvin’s trial, Pres. Biden’s new infrastructure plan, the racial component to the fight over the filibuster, possible redistricting changes in North Carolina, and a new lawsuit targeting

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Black Issues Forum: Removing Confederate Monuments & “Defund the Police”

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Mary C. Curtis, a columnist for “Roll Call” and host of the “Equal Time” podcast; Morrisville Town Councilman Steve Rao; and LA Whittington-Kaminski with Advance Carolina and the NC Black Alliance join Black Issues Forum to break down a new lawsuit against Donald Trump, the latest effort to remove Confederate monuments in NC, and a

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Donald Trump, Confederates and the GOP — brethren in the new Lost Cause

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You can tell a lot about people by studying their priorities. President Donald Trump is not spending too much time worrying about coronavirus surges and more than 270,000 Americans dead, as Dr. Anthony Fauci offers warnings about being vigilant while waiting for vaccine distribution. You did not hear the president express sympathy for those waiting

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Mary C. Curtis: Confederate Monument Controversy

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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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POLITICAL WRAP: Trump Campaign “Culture War” Strategy; A New Silent Majority?

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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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POLITICAL WRAP: Confederate Monument Controversy

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – President Trump is speaking out about the removal of monuments. “The unhinged left-wing mob is trying to vandalize our history, desecrate our monuments, our beautiful monuments,” the President said during a rally on Saturday night. It comes as Governor Roy Cooper orders the removal of Confederate monuments in Raleigh, citing public safety concerns. Our political contributor Mary C.

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