The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 17, 2018 North Carolina: Thousands of Teachers March for School Funding -------------------------------------------------------------- In North Carolina, thousands of teachers dressed in red flooded the streets of Raleigh around the state Capitol Wednesday, calling for more funding for public education and a statewide plan to reduce large class sizes. The protest follows similar actions by teachers in West Virginia, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Arizona and Colorado. .