A broad-shouldered, thick-calved man gently followed his public defender toward the mahogany podium in between the defense and prosecution’s desks in Courtroom 4D. Staring down…
9th Street Journal
Eleven years ago, Derrick Forrest tasted mead for the first time at a renaissance fair. The alcohol made from honey, which tastes more like wine…
On Friday, Sep. 23, as members of the Lyon family took a student-led tour through the halls of Durham’s newest elementary school, some students wondered…
It’s 5:30 p.m. on a Thursday. The sinking sun lights a fire behind the Lucky Strike water tower, bathing Downtown Durham in its glow. People…
On September 14, just before 2 p.m., Courtroom 7D buzzes. Attorneys chatter in the well; family members, religious leaders, and local organizers share smiles in…
They have known each other for more than 50 years. They grew up together but went their separate ways, only to reconnect a few years…
It is the first Friday of the month at Durham’s Arthur Murray Dance Studio – Salsa Social night – and couples are twirling and prancing…
On Saturday, a handful of volunteers in matching blue tee-shirts hike through winding trails. They arrive in pairs at a five-acre patch of lush green…
Across North Carolina, self-proclaimed defendants of election integrity are disrupting the day-to-day ways county officials preserve the integrity of elections. The effort seems to be…
Simmer, crunch, trawl and lambast are my favorite words on the verb wall. Scrawled across the white board by four different hands— Maddie, Akiya, Ana,…