Due South

The morning after Super Tuesday primary elections, reporters and political experts share the results, and what they mean for political representatives of North Carolinians, and Southerners.

Guests: 

-Colin Campbell, WUNC’s Capitol Bureau Chief; 

-Maya King, a politics reporter for The New York Times covering the Southeast and based in Atlanta 

-Chris Cooper, political science professor at WCU

The North Carolina Super Tuesday Primary is upon us. The March 5th election will have significant influence on the composition of the next Congress, Legislature, and boards of education across North Carolina.

Join WUNC and Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii for an hour-long special to contextualize the candidates, issues, and importance of the primary.

We're partnering with NPR member stations in Asheville, Chapel Hill, Charlotte, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem for a statewide special featuring political experts and reporters from around the state.

Featuring:

Chris Cooper, professor of political science and public affairs, Western Carolina University

Deondra Rose, associate professor of public policy, Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University

Steve Harrison, political reporter, WFAE in Charlotte

Amy Diaz, education reporter, WFDD in Winston-Salem

Lilly Knoepp, senior regional reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio in Asheville

Ben Schachtman, news director, WHQR in Wilmington

The Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about the Black homeownership gap, new pathways to homeownership and building wealth, and about her column "The Color of Money." Then, tiny home consultant Jewel Pearson talks to co-host Leoneda Inge about how tiny house living can open the door to homeownership.

Guest host Colin Campbell fills in for Jeff Tiberii on this week's North Carolina News Roundup. Our panel of reporters have been keeping up with the latest news affecting everyone in the state, and beyond. Topics today are Trump and VP Kamala Harris' weekend visits, the primary elections and more.

Guests

-Dawn Vaughan of the News & Observer

-Will Doran from WRAL

-Ren Larson from the Assembly NC 

-Bryan Anderson of the Anderson Alerts newsletter

Co-host Leoneda Inge talks with Durham County's Director of Elections Derek Bowens and WUNC's Voting and Election Integrity Reporter Rusty Jacobs about the history of NC's voter ID law, the many types of IDs accepted at the polls and how voters can ensure their vote counts. Then, civil rights activist and former North Carolina state senator Floyd McKissick, Jr. talks with co-host Leoneda Inge about why he's an advocate for early voting.

A rep from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services talks about the state's efforts to educate youth and parents on the dangers of vaping. Morehouse College professor Frederick C. Knight stops in to discuss his new book on the politics of age in the Antebellum South and Reconstruction. Triangle-based artist Dare Coulter chats about being one of the youngest-ever recipients of the Coretta Scott King Book Award. 

The start of the end of Reconstruction in the South happened during the 1874 election season.

That’s what author Robert Cwiklik argues in his new book "Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War," published by Harper Collins this year.

It includes the story of how Union General and war hero Phillip Sheridan and President Ulysses S. Grant fell into hot water when they moved to stop a group of white men from overthrowing the democratically elected Louisiana state government while new legislators were being installed in January 1875.

As public opinion shifted, President Grant felt Americans would no longer support the kind of federal actions needed to guarantee voting and Civil rights for Black Americans.

Guest
-Robert Cwiklik is the author of "Sheridan's Secret Mission: How the South Won the War After the Civil War" from Harper Collins, and was an editor at The Wall Street Journal for more than 15 years.

A restaurant server turned organizer in Asheville and a chef/owner in Charlotte get candid with co-hosts Leoneda Inge and Jeff Tiberii about how life in the restaurant industry has, and has not, changed since the pandemic, and about their efforts to advocate for better pay.

On the North Carolina News Roundup, we turn our attention to low early voting turnout, President Trump's backing of one notable Congressional candidate, and the latest from Durham Public Schools. Join Due South co-host Jeff Tiberii and a panel of journalists for a news and political wrap-up of the week.

We explore, consider, discuss, and maybe even deconstruct a narrative that Black voters are a monolith. And, a thousand Black pastors representing hundreds of thousands of congregants are still asking Biden for a cease-fire. Plus, grassroots efforts across North Carolina to get their local elected officials to do the same.