Press "Enter" to skip to content

Home

map with roads highlighted
A panel of federal judges recently declared North Carolina's congressional maps unconstitutional. (Congressional maps divide the state into voting districts.) Listen to the podcast
Screen shot of anlytics
The algorithms that determine what we see on social media platforms wield a lot of power, especially when it comes Listen to the podcast
prisonexterior wall with razor wire
Recently, the Charlotte Observer ran a powerful five-part series that revealed shocking practices inside the state’s prison system. The investigation Listen to the podcast
Cartoon of people standing around, looking at camera
)A student-led initiative on college campuses  in North Carolina is tackling one of the most important issue of our time Listen to the podcast
Credit: Fabian Blank/Unsplah/Creative Commons
More and more rich people are choosing to give their money away before they die. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has Listen to the podcast
mechanic at work on a car
The latest research on poverty indicates that a federal job guarantee is economically feasible. Such a guarantee could help address Listen to the podcast
Barney Frank speaks at Sanford
Barney Frank spent 32 years in Congress and served most recently as the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. One Listen to the podcast
Man in cap and gown as seen from the back
For decades, higher education leaders have supported expanding college education to include disadvantaged groups. Many colleges have embraced policies that Listen to the podcast
Graffties gun
Earlier this week a lone gunman perpetrated the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. Why does the U.S. lack Listen to the podcast
Prwsident Obama and Lisa Monaco
Lisa Monaco served as President Obama’s chief counterterrorism and homeland security advisor for his entire second term. She was responsible Listen to the podcast
Montage of famous leaders like Obama and Trump
Does history make statesmen or do statesmen make history? A conversation with Bruce Jentleson about his forthcoming book The Peacemakers: Listen to the podcast
Cynthia Viveros-Canos
The United Nations estimates more than 400,000 people have lost their lives in the Syrian civil war and millions more Listen to the podcast
Melting glacier
Recently, many have protested the dramatically different direction the U.S. is beginning to take in regards to climate change. Tim Listen to the podcast
Little Big Number book jacket
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has become the universal yardstick of progress. GDP judges the value of goods and services produced Listen to the podcast
Amazon Echo
Recently, a team at the Duke Reporters Lab has been developing a fact-checking app for the Amazon Echo. Owners of Listen to the podcast
water with red, blue and purple reflection
There's a project happening now in North Carolina in which people from across the state who have very different political Listen to the podcast
Woman holding pregnant bellly, fingers shaped like heart
In the 1930s, half of all unmarried women who got pregnant out of wedlock got married (a so-called "shotgun marriage.") Listen to the podcast
Jigsaw Logo
Jared Cohen said recently, “the world is in a perpetual state of cyber-warfare.” He should know, he's the the Founder Listen to the podcast
Judith Kelley near a map with flags that rank countries
Across the globe more than 20 million people are victimized by human trafficking, the modern form of slavery. Judith Kelley Listen to the podcast
Cover of book Dog Whistle Politics
Think of the words "Illegal alien" or "welfare queen." What color faces do you see in your mind? Now think Listen to the podcast
Credit ampenagos via Flickr/Creative Commons
Research shows Hispanic children in the U.S. worry a lot more than their non-Hispanic peers. Some told researchers they feared Listen to the podcast
stairs with nazi symbol spraypainted on wall
The number of hate groups in the U.S. has risen for the second year in a row and is close Listen to the podcast
Image courtesy Chuck Holton used under a Creative Commons license.
How can the U.S. increase security along the southern border without building a wall? Stephen R. Kelly says more cooperation Listen to the podcast
Last week, President Donald Trump signed a controversial executive action related to immigration. The action implements a number of changes Listen to the podcast
Colin Kahl, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden and Deputy Assistant to President Obama, spoke at the Sanford Listen to the podcast
Do children from low-income background benefit from living in economically mixed communities? Professor Candice Odgers says that growing up in Listen to the podcast
jay pearson
Can it be physically damaging to be African American? Assistant Professor Jay Pearson says there's chromosomal evidence that our bodies Listen to the podcast
healthcare in rural india
What happens when there are very high hopes for a particular policy idea, and then researchers conclude the results are Listen to the podcast
Is the United States a country in inevitable decline, or are we a country in renewal? Should our foreign policy Listen to the podcast
Graffiti of a woman in a bottle
Susan Coppedge is the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Her office estimates there are 21 million Listen to the podcast