Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba have a new album out, “Routes.” Diali came on Aaron’s “Live and Local” hour, along with John Westmoreland and Jonathan Henderson of Kaira Ba, to discuss the album and play two songs live in studio.
Read MoreWCHL news director Blake Hodge reports live from the Orange County Board of Elections meeting in Hillsborough – where board members deadlocked on whether to allow early voting on Sundays, and ultimately reached no decision at all.
Read MoreA UNC journalism student launches a study of LGBTQ youths in the criminal justice system; an ECU student launches a school-supply drive through the local YMCA.
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The global refugee crisis is getting worse, and our federal government isn’t making it better. What’s going on, what do refugees face, and what can we do locally to help? Aaron Keck speaks with Flicka Bateman of the Refugee Support Center.
Read MoreAlexandra Morris of KidSCope joins Aaron to discuss a major public health breakthrough: the discovery of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and what can be done to address that impact.
Read MoreAaron speaks with Lynn Calder, a Raleigh-based immigration attorney, about the ongoing family-separation crisis at the border and the larger legal issues faced by immigrants already living in the U.S. under the Trump administration.
Read MoreBill Petty reports live from Omaha, where the Tar Heels are about to get under way in the College World Series (if it’ll ever stop raining!).
Read MoreAs local officials hoped, the General Assembly’s “technical corrections” bill tweaked the new budget’s language to reopen the door for the Durham/Orange light rail project.
Read MoreOfficials break ground on the big renovation at Chapel Hill High School, and UNC coaches Mike Fox and Roy Williams address the media.
Read MoreThe NC AIDS Action Network and the Southern AIDS Coalition team up for HIV Speaks on Jones Street, an annual day of advocacy on June 12 at the General Assembly.
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