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What is News?In this episode we have the host of Reveal, Al Letson, with us. Al tells us:"We live in a day and age where all of us need to be saying our…

One of the lasting impacts of House Bill 2 was a ban on municipalities passing non-discrimination ordinances. That prohibition expired in December, and in…

The promise of “40 acres and a mule” officially was made in 1865 when the U.S. government decided that newly freed African-Americans should have a plot of land to call their own. Three years earlier, when 90% of Black Americans still were enslaved, the federal government enacted the Homestead Act and started offering free 160-acre plots of land to settlers, mostly white Americans. A tale of two promises made by the government — one kept, one broken — that helps explain the existing wealth gap between Black and white Americans. | Episode discussion guides for this series available at waysandmeansshow.org.

It hasn't been very long at all since we were one nation under slavery. The effects still linger. One example: Today, white households in Boston have a median net worth of about $247,000. The median net worth of a Black household in Boston is a mere $8. You read that right. What could have been done, and what could still be done, to start to close the wealth gap between white and Black Americans? Welcome to The ARC of Justice. | Learn more at waysandmeansshow.org.

How do we send messages across The Great Divide? In the final episode of Season 1, Nnenna and Phil try to communicate with each other in the same way that they've always loved each other: beyond space and time.

As they did last week, several hundred protestors marched in Raleigh today, calling for the state to be "re-opened" immediately.At about the same time,…

As people return to North Carolina's stores and parks during Phase 1 of the gradual reopening, there are growing concerns about the health and safety of…

There's perhaps never been a time where effective and accurate science communication has been more crucial. It's become, quite frankly, life and death for…

Governor Roy Cooper is eyeing next weekend for a move into the first phase of re-opening the North Carolina economy, even as the key metrics and trends on…

It's been another busy day in Raleigh as state lawmakers try to shape and support North Carolina's recovery from COVID-19, and decide how much money they…