Speakers praise school budget’s ‘bold ask,’ seek more funding for specialized teachers
By Lauren Pehlivanian
After months of uncertainty about the school system's payroll and budget, the public had a chance to speak on interim superintendent Catty Moore’s proposed budget...
‘Reckless Roxboro’ may get a revamp — if locals can persuade DOT
By Esmé Fox
Chris Perelstein was working in the living room of his Roxboro Street apartment in early November when a cacophony of noises — squealing tires, a honking...
Analysis: After months of victories, school workers’ union faces an end-of-year test
By Sofie Buckminster
Story by Sofie Buckminster; Photos by Kulsoom Rizavi On Feb. 15, 14 union members faced the Durham Board of Education and their lawyers. The two...
As it seeks a new superintendent, DPS faces a ticking clock
By Audrey Patterson
As the Durham school board launches its search for a new permanent superintendent, a consultant advising the search urged the board to move swiftly and...
A moment in Durham: ‘Do you wanna see?’
By Samantha Owusu-Antwi
The Museum of Life and Science in Durham, North Carolina is closed every Monday. But this Monday, a young man wearing a maroon “Life +...

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Census miscounted Durham prisoners — for 20 years.

By Daniel Egitto on January 11, 2022

In all likelihood, most Durhamites will never see Butner Federal Correctional Complex. North Carolina’s only federal prison is just 11 miles from Brightleaf Square, straddling…