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Voices: Why I and Others in the Triangle Didn’t Bend for Joe Biden on Super Tuesday
I fear nothing but fear itself. And the fear of letting go of what we know in place of embracing what happens when we stand firm on principle will continue to be the barrier to progress. There is no choosing a lesser of two evils, only the rejection of evil....
Backtalk: ‘All Indy employees should leave their cars at home and use bus service to and from work.’
In our paper two weeks ago, we wrote about Chapel Hill’s efforts to bring Bus Rapid Transit to the town, which, with a potential $138 million investment from Congress, could finally be beginning to take shape. Following in the town’s traditional commitment to equity, it’s likely that the new BRT system could, like Chapel Hill’s current bus system, be fare-free. Our readers had thoughts.
At UNC, Interim Chancellor Selection Attracts Growing Student Opposition
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. When students at UNC-Chapel Hill organized a “teach-in” last week on the controversy over Lee Roberts’ January appointment as interim chancellor, they didn’t expect much of a crowd. People were rushing to get things done before a holiday weekend. Much of the promotion had been done on Instagram and old school flyering around campus. State and national politics had been eating up a lot of the available political energy, to say nothing of the Israel/Gaza war.
Your Guide to This Year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The 26th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, unspooling April 4–7 in downtown Durham, will screen more than 50 films from 22 countries. Think of it as an abundance of great filmmaking, right in our yard. In anticipation of the annual event, we’ve got Q&A features on two documentaries...
Deep Roots: Talking With Jennifer MacArthur, Director of “Family Tree”
New documentary Family Tree takes us into the world of sustainable forestry through the lens of two Black families in rural North Carolina during pivotal moments in their business and family history. Black land ownership has dwindled since the beginning of the 20th century, and Family Tree examines the ways that creating multi-generational economic and ecological sustainability for families requires deepening familial ties and creating a strong foundation of trust.
Teenage Dreams: Speaking With the Directors of “Girls State”
Ten minutes into Girls State, a documentary about what it would look like if teen girls from Missouri ran things for a week, a 17-year-old named Maddie starts to question the mock government camp’s star-spangled feminism. “Something about this feels sexist,” she says during a song-and-dance exercise, dropping her...
Chapel Hill’s Town Council is Trying to Decide What to Do With the Town’s Many Volunteer Advisory Boards
At a September work session, Susan Brown, director of strategic communications for the Town of Chapel Hill, estimated that town staff spends $10,000 worth of time each month preparing materials for the town’s boards—even though it’s not clear what purpose many of the boards serve. “I’m sorry,”...
Triangle-Area Congresswoman Valerie Foushee Traveled to Israel to Meet With Prime Minister Netanyahu
U.S. Rep. Valerie Foushee traveled to Israel last week to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of a small congressional delegation organized by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a lobbying group. Foushee, who represents Durham and Orange Counties, sat almost directly across the table from...
Rosali review
Lbum covers don’t often merit discussion in music reviews, but Bite Down, the Merge Records debut from Rosali Middleman, who performs as Rosali, has a particularly strange one. It’s a color photograph, no text: Rosali stares with wild eyes and bared teeth through the branches of a curly willow, like some joyful predator preparing to leap from the foliage.
Redstart Foods Will Open a Dining and Retail Space in North Durham
Durham chef Matt Northup is comfortable cooking with a bit of contradiction: Take Redstart Foods, the meal-delivery and ingredient company that he opened in 2015. It’s a prepared meal service, sure, but as he stressed in an INDY profile in 2022, the meals he prepares fulfill a different niche than your average weeknight meal kit.
‘We Come Here Broken and Desperate:’ Former Durham Rescue Mission Guests Say the Organization Exploited Them at Their Lowest Point
This story originally published online at The Assembly. Barbara Adeyemi’s life was bottoming out. She had stopped working in order to care for her mother, who then passed away. Behind on bills with no place to stay and nowhere else to turn, Adeyemi found herself at the doors of the Durham Rescue Mission in November 2018.
Durham Farmers’ Market Customers Upset After Vendor’s Products Restricted
As the Durham Farmers’ Market prepares for its new season, some customers are seeking clarity from the market board following a decision to restrict the products one vendor is allowed to sell. Starting April 6, the sausage and charcuterie business Moonbelly Meat Co. will no longer be permitted to...
Residents Urge DPS Board to Reconsider Durham School of the Arts Move
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Durham residents urged the Board of Education to pause before moving forward with the construction of a new campus for Durham School of the Arts at an hours-long meeting Thursday evening. Twelve past and present DSA students, parents, and neighbors...
Raleigh Cops Tell Judge that Allowing the Public to See Footage of a Botched Raid Would be “Dangerous”
On Tuesday, the Raleigh Police Department asked a judge to block the release of body-camera footage from the botched raid of Amir and Mirian Ibrahim Abboud’s home in April 2021. According to court records, an RPD SWAT team “suddenly and without warning, broke and busted open the Abbouds’ front...
In Raleigh, Biden and Harris Celebrate Their Administration’s Record of Expanding Healthcare Access
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Raleigh on Tuesday to highlight their administration’s efforts to expand access to affordable healthcare, as Democrats aim to contrast their approach with that of Republicans on the issue. This month, Democrats...
Harm Reduction Organizations Around the Triangle Are Working to Prevent Overdoses
This story originally published online at UNC Media Hub. After Bella Grumet, a UNC-Chapel Hill senior majoring in neuroscience, lost a close friend to an overdose last year, she was motivated to become an advocate for harm reduction strategies in hopes of preventing more drug-related deaths among college students. Her...
Search Begins for UNC-Chapel Hill’s Next Chancellor
This story originally published online at NC Newsline. The search for UNC-Chapel Hill’s next permanent chancellor began in earnest Thursday with the first meeting of the 13-member search committee charged with identifying candidates to lead the flagship university in the 16-campus UNC-System. With the swift and dramatic exit of...
Consultant Urges Durham Schools to Scrap Pay Scales, Angering Workers
This story originally published online at the 9th Street Journal. Durham Public Schools should overhaul the way it pays classified workers, a comptroller told the Board of Education at a meeting Thursday night. But the proposal angered many DPS classified staff who have endured months of salary changes. Kerry Crutchfield,...
This Summer, Music in the Gardens Reads From the Country Soul Songbook
Back in March 2020, Country Soul Songbook, the media and production company from Durham’s Kamara Thomas and Kym Register, was just getting its bearings. Thomas and Register, both musicians, had a vision of amplifying the voices of historically marginalized artists and expanding the conversation around Americana music—a mission with a sturdy foundation, given the Triangle’s reputation as a creative hotbed for roots music.
Best of the Triangle – Wake County Voting begins on March 27th
Tens of thousands of nominations were received during the nominating period for all the “Best” throughout Wake County. From March 27-April 15, vote for your favorite finalist and make them the Best of Wake County!. Check out who has made it to the finals rounds now! Remember, voting...
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