ACLU of North Carolina attorney Cristina Becker talks about North Carolina’s out-of-control court fines and fees and the way our state regularly jails people simply for being poor.

Tracy Zimmerman of the NC Early Childhood Foundation discusses her group’s recent research into family-friendly workplace practices and other policies that can lift-up the health and well-being of the state’s children.

The latest Elon University poll surveyed teachers about proposals to bring guns into the classrooms to improve school safety.

Jocelyn Casanova weighs in on the plight of young immigrants in North Carolina who anxiously await a decision from Congress on DACA that will determine if they will be allowed to stay in this country.

17-year-old Joala Downey of Durham’s Riverside High School discusses the #NationalWalkout by students to protest gun violence and advocate for saner firearm policies.

In the years following 9/11, North Carolina was used as a staging ground to launch flights that picked up suspected terrorists. Dr. Christina Cowger with the NC Commission of Inquiry on Torture discusses the need to shed light on that troubling piece of North Carolina’s history.