Durham has more than 240,000 registered voters. Yet in any given election, thousands of those voters stay home. Here at The 9th Street Journal we…
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The front room of Catherine Ferrell’s house on Fayetteville Street is less like a living room and more like a museum. Framed photographs hug the…
Nick Tennyson has voted in every Durham general election since 1986. That makes him one of Durham’s most consistent voters and a decisive voice in…
For a select few Durhamites, voting locally has become a 20-year habit. According to Durham County records, less than 2,000 voters have shown up to…
Car horns echo through the intersection of Brier Creek Pkwy. and Glenwood Ave., as people in bright rain jackets lift signs reading “Protect Medicaid” and…
More than 13 million visitors spent just over $1 billion in Durham last fiscal year, a 3% increase from the year before. In order to…
At Durham’s Department of Social Services, staff are already planning an emergency food drive. They know the math doesn’t add up: almost $6 million in…
The crowd gathered around the circle of canvases, quieting as the countdown began. “Five!” the host shouted. An older gentleman dressed in a frog onesie…
A potentially ground-breaking voting rights case will soon be decided in federal district court in Winston-Salem, with important implications for the state’s 1.2 million young…
On Oct. 9, Maggie Shama and her husband, Mohamed Shama, arrived at the Raleigh-Durham U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office for their 9 a.m. interview,…