None of us will forget the year 2020. How could we? This is the year global pandemic struck, followed by a national racial-justice reckoning and…
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None of us will forget the year 2020. How could we? This is the year global pandemic struck, followed by a national racial-justice reckoning and…
The Woolworth’s store on South Elm Street marks the start of downtown Greensboro. Its lunch counters, the catalyst of a national wave of sit-ins in…
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.…
North Carolina’s governor and lieutenant governor don’t seem to agree on anything. As candidates for governor, Roy Cooper, the Democratic incumbent, and Dan Forest, the…
After 12 years as Durham’s city manager, Tom Bonfield is retiring, effective September 30. Bonfield has worked 42 years in public service. He cited a “variety…
On Monday afternoon, in the sweltering heat, hundreds of people — many of them low-wage and frontline workers during the pandemic — gathered in front…
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…
Just over a year ago, the grassroots coalition Durham Beyond Policing proposed that Durham launch a Community Safety and Wellness Task Force to help transition…
Aissa Dearing remembers a talk on gang violence prevention in her seventh-grade health class. This is how gangs recruit students, school security and police officers…
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