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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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Statues come down, while barriers to truth are erected

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In Charlottesville, Va., where a Unite the Right gathering of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, Lost Cause devotees and other angry history deniers left destruction and death in their path in 2017, there was a different scene this past weekend. The city removed statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, memorials to those who fought on the losing side of

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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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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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Charlotte Talks News Roundup: Facebook Data, School Safety, CMS Segregation

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The Facebook data scandal finds its way to North Carolina. Republican senator Thom Tillis used the company at the center of the uproar, Cambridge Analytica, to target voters, as did the state Republican Party. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox offers a glimpse at post-Parkland security measures, as state lawmakers begin examining school safety. A new report labels CMS the most racially-segregated school

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Charlotte Talks Friday News Roundup: Eclipse Recap; Mayoral Debate; Confederate Monuments In NC

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We all turned our eyes (protected, of course) to the skies to watch the solar eclipse on Monday. We’ll talk about local reaction to what we saw, especially in the prime viewing areas. Most of Charlotte’s candidates for mayor participated in a Tuesday night debate—we’ll break down where they came down on issues like the I-77 tolls,

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