In Sasha Pass’s three-bedroom unit at the Hoover Road public housing community, toilets keep clogging. Because of a broken showerhead downstairs, Pass must trek upstairs…
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By Charlie Zong and Cameron Oglesby As Durham faces a surge in gun violence this year, it’s not just shootings that can pose risks to…
Residents at Hoover Road public housing knew much-needed repairs to their roofs would begin in June. But they didn’t expect the project, not yet finished,…
Kenneccia Woolard was in her North Carolina Central University dorm room when she heard gunshots outside. Just as she was about to look out the…
When Chris Kenan pulled up to his childhood home in East Durham last month, he saw seven mothers standing resolutely with a crowd of children.…
A summer of change was just beginning when Durham’s elected leaders vowed on June 15 to “transform policing” in response to local and national protests…
Chances are you’ve spotted them on social media streams: super-sized words painted on pavement outside two government buildings in downtown Durham. “DEFUND” yells one in…
For the second time this month, frustration and outrage over police misconduct against Black people dominated a Durham City Council meeting on Monday. Council members…
After a week of protests against police killings of black people, Durham activist Skip Gibbs and several other members of the grassroots organization Other America…
The agenda for Monday’s Durham City Council virtual meeting listed 27 items, but the topic that weighed most heavily on everyone present did not appear…