Launching the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation website FRIDAY Jamie’s Birthday Party • CAM Raleigh, 7–10 p.m. • RSVP at website, donations welcome SATURDAY Jamie’s Day of Service • Various projects in the community • 2- to 3-hour shifts, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Jamie’s Birthday Jam • Lincoln Theater, 6 p.m., $45 • […]
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Two women could change the face of Apex politics
Get involved Wake Democrats are planning to canvass hard in Apex the next three weekends. If you’d like to help, go to wakedems.org for information. Right-wing Republicans were routed in the Wake County elections last week. That’s one way to look at it. Candidates endorsed by the Wake Republican Party lost all four seats on […]
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Ruffin Hall, the new city manager, could spark a new transit era for Raleigh
WHAT “Transit Makes $en$e: What’s in It for Me, Business, & the Economy” WHEN Thursday, Nov. 7, 4–7 p.m. WHERE Marbles Kids Museum, 201 E. Hargett St., Raleigh MORE INFO Wake Up Wake County website He’s a team builder, a visionary. He’ll provide a spark, inspire, get everybody thinking about big, bold, innovative ideasand working […]
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McFarlane tops in Raleigh; moderates rule again on the Wake school board
For all the turmoil in North Carolina politics, Raleigh and Wake County were an oasis of calm tonight. The full results are on Wake County’s website. Photo by Bob GearyMayor Nancy McFarlane thanking supporters Two headlines: * Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane stamped herself the undisputed leader of city government, winning re-election with 73 percent of […]
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Raleigh: A new city manager and a new start on transit
When I listen to the recording, I’ll tell you exactly how many times Mayor Nancy McFarlane used the words transit or transportation this morning as she introduced Ruffin Hall, the new city manager. For now, I’ll just say it was a theme — THE theme, really — that Raleigh intends to get transit off the […]
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In the face of economic crisis, how to make the world a better place
Start with what you love. Susannah Tuttle said that to me on Saturday, and it was perfect for the moment. I loved the bluegrass festival in Raleigh and the way it lifted our spirits. I loved the crowds and everyone smiling, even the guy with the T-shirt that seemed to say “Ban Guns,” though on […]
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The return of Ty Harrell
The invitation was to an end-of-summer party in my Raleigh neighborhood. Guest of honor: Ty Harrell. Interesting. I hadn’t seen him since he resigned from the state House of Representatives four years ago. He was a rising star in the Democratic Party, and then he wasn’t. The State Board of Elections had questioned his campaign […]
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Tracy Hollister is on the forefront of a 50-state Marriage Equality USA campaign
Part of me has already catalogued the fight against Amendment One in North Carolina as ancient history. We lost, and since then a ton of other right-wing crap has been dumped on our state, so there is no use scratching that old wound. And yet, it’s not old. It took me a moment the other […]
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Make amends, McCrory: a 12-step program for the governor
It was an extraordinary rebuke. Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican, vetoed just two of the dozens of bills passed by the General Assembly during its 2013 assault on progress in North Carolinatwo relatively minor bills. Last week, Republican legislators flicked their middle fingers at McCrory, voting to override his vetoes by the required three-fifths majorities […]
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Peace activist Medea Benjamin calls on Obama to use diplomacy in Syria, not drones
Medea Benjamin’s Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control (2013) is available from Verso Books. An American military strike in Syria seemed imminent a week ago when author and peace activist Medea Benjamin spoke in Raleigh. Naturally, she was asked what the U.S. should do in response to the use of chemical weapons against his own […]
