January 22 marked the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. It was a day of celebration, but also of mobilization and concern. The date marked North Carolina’s kick off for what organizers hope will be the largest pro-choice march ever on Washington, “March for Women’s Lives,” on April 25. “The purpose of this march is […]
Blair Goldstein
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Blood for money
The real motives behind the invasion of Iraq are often hard to discern. War was first declared as a response to the atrocities of 9-11, then as a reaction to weapons of mass destruction, and now, as a means of establishing a democracy. However, Naomi Klein, 33-year-old activist journalist and author of the book No […]
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How I got the picture
Perhaps no combat photograph taken in Iraq has captured the tragedy and mayhem of the insurgent war against the U.S. as well as N&O photographer Chuck Liddy’s shot of the aftermath of an attack on a convoy outside Fallujah, in the Sunni Triangle. The photo ran on the front page of The News & Observer […]
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War correspondent
He talked about it as if it were the chance of a lifetime. He also said, “It’s just work.” Either way, Jay Price’s experiences as a war correspondent on two tours of duty in Iraq for The News & Observer are stories in themselves. The articles Price sent back covered both breaking news and daily […]
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Snapshots of Durham’s history
R. Kelly Bryant Jr. flipped through a series of three photographs. The first, faded and tattered at the edges, was a black and white image of five women. The women were the founders of the Daughters of Dorcus, an organization started in 1917 in Durham. With dues of five cents, the group “provided milk for […]
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Women inspired
WWith determination, a powerful message and tea-cured salmon, Margaret Rich has raised more than $40,000 for the women of Afghanistan. Rich hopes that that will spark the community interest needed to sustain an ongoing concern about women’s rights there. The tea-cured salmon was one of the many elegant appetizers served at a fundraiser held last […]
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A lesson learned
When a group of seven mothers decided to connect the Carolina Friends School in Durham with a sister school in Afghanistan, the idea seemed simple. The women envisioned a typical project in which their children would raise money and learn about their Afghan peers, both girls and boys. But when the parents and students at […]
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Latina at Duke: Lots to speak out about
Her father is a first-generation immigrant from Ensenada, Mexico; her mother is of Scottish and English descent. As part of a small minority of Latinas on Duke University’s campus, Hilary McKean-Peraza’s background is important to her. Recent media reports, locally and nationally, have highlighted both the female and Latino sectors of Duke’s campus–first with the […]