Durham School of the Arts is grappling with the choice between holding onto history and beginning a new era. The arts magnet school, a fixture…
9th Street Journal
In light of rising disdain for journalism—often known merely as the “media,” that undifferentiated behemoth—as biased or corrupt or useless in this age of skyrocketing…
Addy Cozart’s first post to “The Teardowns of Durham” Facebook group features a series of emojis: angry, sad, crying. “My block @ Hillsborough and Rutherford…
More than 1,900 shooting incidents have taken place in Durham since the start of 2020.
They’ve left more than 650 wounded and nearly 90 dead.
Omar Guess was dropped off by his parole officer in front of the homeless shelter on a Friday afternoon. After four years in prison, Guess…
Step inside, and you’ll feel like you’ve been teleported back to the 1920s. Racks of fertilizer and seed line the aisles. An assortment of gardening…
Maybe you’re an avid environmentalist with an eye to the conservation of native habitats. Maybe you’re chemical conscious and can’t imagine contributing to the 827,060…
The table settings at Saint James Seafood are the first sign it’s a special place: a blue striped cloth napkin and a paper menu with…
The flashing lights of the police car caught me by surprise. It was dark out, and my friend had asked if he could turn the…
In December, we published Milla Surjadi’s elegant essay about how she is learning to do her reporting with both rigor and humanity. She has now…

