North Carolina

North Carolina

Iryna Zarutska and the doom loop of social media and politics

In 21st century America, our politicians take their cues from social media, and not the other way around. It's made debate more performative, less nuanced, and much, much dumber.

Politics

Gutting PBS and NPR is a big deal in the South

Instead of defusing the "liberal media," this is going to prevent good information from reaching the places that many Republicans represent in Congress.

Black history

Video: What today's protesters learned from the Civil Rights Movement

There are hundreds of demonstrations planned across the South this weekend during the “No Kings” protests. Here's what today's marchers learned from the Civil Rights Movement.

Faith

Audio: NC pastor Isaac Villegas on giving sanctuary to undocumented people

Listen to The Living South's reporting on Isaac Villegas, a NC pastor who sheltered an undocumented woman for two years in his church.

North Carolina

This NC pastor says Jesus would have protected undocumented people

Isaac Villegas, a NC pastor, has a new book that makes a faith-based argument for immigrant justice. For two years, his Chapel Hill church sheltered a woman Trump wanted to deport.

North Carolina

Rhiannon Giddens, "Sinners," Beyoncé, and a sparkling moment for Black roots music

Taken together, "Cowboy Carter," "Sinners," and Rhiannon Giddens' new festival feel like a kind of trilogy. They represent a well-earned moment — for the Black South, film, and music.

Black history

Video: Erasing civil rights hero Pauli Murray

Officials in President Trump's administration are, in a way, trying to erase civil rights hero Pauli Murray's story.

Audio

Audio: CNN's Bakari Sellers on optimism, his dad's civil rights heroism, and journalism's comeback

South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.

South Carolina

For some, Bakari Sellers is the voice of the resistance to MAGA. But his fight goes back much farther than Trump.

South Carolina native Bakari Sellers has become one of the most cogent anti-Trump voices in America. Here's how his roots in the Civil Rights Movement prepared him for this resistance.

North Carolina

AUDIO: NC's Anderson Clayton is America's youngest political party leader. She might be its fieriest too.

I talked to Anderson Clayton, a 27-year-old wunderkind from Roxboro, North Carolina, about staying positive in hard times, internet trolls, and her heroes.

North Carolina

Liberals think Democrats aren't pushing back hard enough. Is NC's Anderson Clayton the answer?

There is a line of thought that Democrats don't have guts. North Carolina's fiery liberal leader wants to change all that.

Audio

AUDIO: Filmmaker Chris Haley, nephew of legendary journalist Alex Haley, on preserving Black history

Chris Haley, nephew of the famous journalist Alex Haley, talked to The Living South about continuing his uncle's work preserving Black history.