Extreme Injustice

Extreme Injustice: Stolen Time, Season 2

More than a million public school students in North Carolina missed a year of in-person learning during state-imposed COVID shutdowns, and now just 45% of K-12 students passed state exams last school year. The schools got waivers for their performance, but the kids suffered from Stolen Time.

Many families thought it would be two weeks to stem the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was just the beginning. When Gov. Roy Cooper issued an executive order closing all public schools on March 14th, 2020, little did we know that this would lead to a multi-year back-and-forth of school closings, hybrid models between in-person learning and Zoom classes, and severe academic, emotional, social, and mental health impacts on students.

Extreme Injustice: Stolen Time explores the ramifications of school shutdowns and COVID policy in the Tar Heel State. Our hosts and guests also delve into the ongoing Leandro school-funding court case and how it’s playing out as our state recovers from the pandemic.

Look for Extreme Injustice on April 7th, on Spotify, iTunes, and right here, at extremeinjustice.com.

Past seasons of Extreme Injustice…

Extreme Injustice: The Usurper Four, Season 1

In a closely divided North Carolina, America’s 9th largest state, politics have taken a dangerous turn, moving from the campaign trail to the court bench. A partisan Supreme Court is moving to cancel–nullify–the results of two statewide elections. Four, mostly nameless, faceless, State Supreme Court justices are considering a partisan power grab that threatens the credibility and validity of the state’s highest court for decades to come.

Two constitutional amendments, 9.6 million votes, and the fate of two duly elected Supreme Court justices hang in the balance.

How can this extreme injustice happen? And if it happens here, it can happen in your state and your town.

Extreme Injustice goes behind the scenes of North Carolina’s highest court, to investigate and expose how raw partisan politics could destroy the judiciary in America’s most purple swing state.