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Due South explores how public schools are funded. County, state and federal dollars provide for capital projects, teacher salaries and per pupil spending. But that spending has long remained stagnant, and districts are feeling the budgetary crunch.

Jeff Tiberii discusses RFK Jr's changes to policy and funding at the CDC with former CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen. Floyd McKissick Jr., chair of the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People, discusses the organization's 90th anniversary with Leoneda Inge.

Twenty years ago, the old-time string band Carolina Chocolate Drops turned heads and wowed audiences. They were young. They were Black. And with their fiddles and banjos, they launched a movement that would challenge long-standing stereotypes about traditional music in America. Today we're sharing a special program called “Reclaiming the Banjo” from The Broadside.

Leoneda Inge talks to Dr. Bernice King, CEO of The King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta and Greensboro native Daphne Fama, author of the new novel House of Monstrous Women.

Blue Ridge Public Radio reporters will lead a conversation about news and political happenings from across the region, including the anniversary of Hurricane Helene. Join us for the North Carolina News Roundup.

With what could be a lengthy federal government shutdown underway, we examine the local impacts in North Carolina. A look at what kind of crime laws are passing across the country - and their impact. Plus, musician Marcella Simien visits Durham.

A mass shooting in the idyllic coastal town of Southport. We learn more about the victims, and the alleged gunman. That and the federal government shutdown that could carry on for weeks. Join us for those stories and more on the Friday news roundup.

A writer and historian talks about finding stories of trans history from 1600s southwestern African to World War One Britain.

Leoneda Inge talks to Riverside High School graduate Wildin Acosta and author Bryan Christopher about Acosta's 2016 ICE arrest and detainment. Dr. Michael Hoben discusses Novant Health's efforts to serve the uninsured at four Michael Jordan Family Clinics across Charlotte and Wilmington.

An interview with the leader of Asheville's tourism group, an update on the Biltmore Estate, check-ins with area restaurants and more.