Closer to the People: An North Carolina Black Alliance Podcast

Season 3, Episode 3: "I-77: The Road Ahead"

Residents in the historically Black McCrorey Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, are among folks who don't like what they're hearing about the proposed expansion of Interstate 77. It's an opportunity to use people power to hold politicians accountable.

Season 3, Episode 2: "Gerrymandering Your Cousins"

Just 23 votes stand to loosen the grip of North Carolina's most powerful politician. North Carolina Black Alliance has eyes on the race between state Republican Senate leader Phil Berger and Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page. The sheriff holds the lead. The senator could ask for a recount. What that illustrates is the importance of every single vote — including yours — a topic explored in the latest instalment of the "Closer to the People" podcast.

Season 3, Episode 1: You Are the Data

Lean into your lived experiences in this episode of the “Closer to the People” podcast. You’ll hear Sacoby Wilson, Ph.D., place a lot of value on anecdotal evidence — that from a credentialed scientist who relies on hard data. What he understands is real science is rooted in real people whose stories absolutely matter.

Season 2, Episode 11: Not Net Neutral

North Carolina residents in Edgecombe County's Kingsboro community are fighting off a data center.

Season 2, Episode: 10: Educators' rai$ed hands 👋🏾 🙌🏾

North Carolina's educators aren't furloughed like federal workers. But the way folks who work in our public schools are doing creative math in order to keep up with the cost of living, the insufficient funds in their paychecks kinda hit like a furlough. It's because state lawmakers won't pass a budget that even puts a salary increase on the table. Meet some of those educators in this edition of the "Closer to the People" podcast.