Synposis: North Carolina leads a new wave of redistricting battles as Republicans and Democrats race to secure power before next year’s midterm elections. This show is made possible by you! To become a sustaining member go to LauraFlanders.org/donate Thank you for your continued support! Short Description [original release date May 7, 2023]: We return to our episode “Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina.” For over fifteen years, this swing state has served as a kind of political petrie dish—testing how far extremist policies and deep partisan redistricting can go. Today, as North Carolina becomes the first swing state to redraw its districts ahead of next year’s midterms, the questions raised in this conversation are more urgent than ever. “North Carolinians do not want this gerrymandering . . . What the legislatures are trying to do here is not the people’s business. It is their own political entrenchment.” - Hilary Harris Klein “You had 30 African Americans in the North Carolina General Assembly and all of that came crashing down in 2010 with the election of Republicans . . . Their first order of business was to attack the success that we had had in building up African American political power.” - Irving L. Joyner Guests: Hilary Harris Klein: Senior Counsel of Voting Rights, Southern Coalition for Social Justice Irving L. Joyner: Professor of Law, North Carolina Central University School of Law Serena Sebring: Executive Director, Blueprint NC Josh Stein: Attorney General, North Carolina Angela M. Thorpe: Executive Director, Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice Go to Patreon.com/LauraFlandersandFriends for the full episode notes, search "Deciding the Fate of Democracy in North Carolina"