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Jeff Tiberii and a panel of journalists cover the week in NC news - from student walkouts over gun violence to the latest on Helene recovery funds.

An intimate look at the life and legacy of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The documentary “Becoming Thurgood” premieres this week on PBS. Then, the legacy of “Mr. Civil Rights” lives on in attorneys like Ted Shaw, the long-time director of the UNC Center for Civil Rights.

A new play that explores male identity draws inspiration from jazz music. Playwright Kuamel Stewart’s “Kind of Blue” asks theater goers to consider…

The damage caused by Helene in western North Carolina has been estimated to exceed $50 billion dollars. A Blue Ridge Public Radio reporter gives us the latest about the clean-up efforts. Plus, statewide election updates.

Due South's Leoneda Inge is joined by Bishop William J. Barber II, who was born in rural North Carolina and is the leader of the “Moral Mondays” movement. They discuss his fight for civil rights, voting rights and free speech. Then, Dorthea Dix Park in Raleigh is now home to some gigantic wooden trolls.

Due South explores shifting partisanship – from party registration to how migration patterns have considerably altered what were long considered norms. Plus, the politics of sales tax with municipal elections already underway.

A Veterans Day conversation with a son about his naval officer father, and a 79-year-old mystery sparked by that father's return home to eastern North Carolina after World War II. A new production of “Once on This Island” wraps up Theatre Raleigh’s Main Stage season. And, WUNC's Jay Price talks about the impact of the government shutdown on National Guard families.

Jeff Tiberii is joined by reporter Adam Wagner to break down the standoff over Medicaid funding in North Carolina. Leoneda Inge talks to Chef Vivian Howard about her new PBS food variety show and her new restaurant.

Leoneda Inge talks to NC A&T professor Joseph L. Graves, Jr. about his new book, Why Black People Die Sooner. Mother-daughter authors Lauretta Malloy Noble and LeeAnet Noble research their family history in Laurinburg.

How to make sure your holiday giving ends up going to a good charity, and why some Black students at UNC-Chapel Hill think the university needs to improve its approach to diversity on campus.