Carolina Connection podcast: The role of political protests in a functioning democracy

Protesters march at the third national No Kings protest in Chapel Hill. (Gabriel Smith)
Protesters march at the third national No Kings protest in Chapel Hill. (Gabriel Smith)

On the latest edition of CarolinaCast, Carolina Connection’s podcast, reporter Lauren Mallett talks with Maddie Policastro about the significance of protests ahead of the upcoming midterm elections. She spoke with protestors and organizers at the recent No Kings protests in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, along with Western Carolina University Professor Christopher Cooper, who studies American politics. While Cooper says we are in the midst of a highly polarized political climate, he affirmed that protests do have a place in the order of a functioning democracy.

 

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