i am joined here in raleigh h by chris kromm, executive director of the institute for southern studiesnd publisher of facing south. chris, it is great to have you back. >> welcome back to north carolina. amy: talk about what north carolina faces today, and your assessment, this report that says north carolina is no longer a fufunctioning democracy? >> is remarkable. i think north carolina is ground zero. it is a cautionary tale about what can happen with unfettered conservative rule, but also about the possibilities of resistance. you think back historically, north carolina was always viewed as this moderate date. really then fueled by big money. inin 2012, 2010, there wasas a p rightward turn. you saw trifecta conservative control in the state, much like you see nationally now. so you understand what we h have been going through in north carolina at the federal level. there was an outright full skill attack on n workers riights, lgq writes, voting rights. the valerie the limits of democracy -- the very elements of democracy. there was also a resistance movement formed. we know about t