Protests

WUNC reporter Brianna Atkinson sits down for an extended conversation with Lee Roberts, one day after he was named the 13th chancellor at UNC-Chapel Hill

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a civil rights group challenging North Carolina's anti-rioting law, whose criminal penalties were raised last year by state legislators. The American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina sued over the law, after the Legislature increased punishments in response to protests against racial injustice and police brutality in 2020.

Students protesting their universities’ and governments support of the ongoing war in Gaza are being arrested, suspended and threatened with expulsion. Who decides what’s protected free speech, and what’s unacceptable disruption to campus life.

The rally and march began with chants and sign-waving at Peace and Justice Plaza on East Franklin Street in Chapel Hill.

Two Daily Tar Heel editors join Due South co-host Leoneda Inge and WUNC's education reporter Liz Schlemmer to talk about what happened on the UNC-CH campus on Tuesday.

Community members in West Badin hosted a rally to draw attention to longstanding environmental issues in the community.

Supporters of the increased punishments say the legislation is a necessary deterrent. But the ACLU says the law goes overboard in criminalizing people who exercise their rights to free speech and assembly.

Protesters began gathering near Raleigh's Bicentennial Plaza around 5:30 p.m., just hours after the U.S. Supreme Court announced a 6-3 decision overturning Roe v. Wade.

Host Rusty Jacobs discusses proposed changes to North Carolina's anti-riot statute with activists, lawmakers, business owners and a civil liberties advocate.

Host Leoneda Inge talks with Professor Elan Hope of NC State University about her research of youth activism, and how racism has prompted young people to act.