Soe Naing had joined hundreds of student protesters in surrounding a government building in Tevoy City when Burmese soldiers began shooting at them. Just 17, Naing survived; 10 of his fellow demonstrators were killed. They were among thousands of civilians who died while rallying for political and economic reforms during Burma’s September 1988 military coup. […]
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Neo-China settles with immigrant worker
Neo-China has settled out of court with a former employee who says the Cary restaurant forced him and his family to work as many as 90 hours a week for less than minimum wage. The settlement was announced shortly after the Independent wrote about the accusations. (See “Neo-China accused of ‘human trafficking’.”) The lawsuit accused […]
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Cary’s Neo-China accused of ‘human trafficking’
A former employee of Cary’s Neo-China restaurant is accusing the Triangle-based chain of bringing him and his family members from China to work 90 hours a week at less than minimum wage and then firing them after one was injured on the job. According to a lawsuit filed in Wake County court, Neo-China’s parent company, […]
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Progress for Raleigh sanitation workers
Thanks to support from the public and the City Council, conditions are looking up for Raleigh’s trash and recycling collectors, who walked out two weeks ago and since have been in a labor dispute over forced overtime without overtime pay and temporary workers on the job for more than six months. Since the strike, sanitation […]
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Bike polo
Combine bikes, homemade polo mallets, a field hockey ball and a parking garage–and you’ve got bike polo. I’ve only played once so far, but I think I already may be an addict. Admitting an addiction is supposed to be the first step to quitting, but in this case, it’s the first step to getting myself […]
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Raleigh rally to support needle-exchange proposal
Needle exchange programs are efforts that provide intravenous drug users with sterile needles to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. But they’re illegal in North Carolina. A bill in front of the state House wants to make needle exchanges legal and fund three pilot programs at a cost of $550,000. The bill, HB411 […]
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NCSU students reject ‘Academic Bill of Rights’
Conservative organizations attempting to crack down on what they say is liberal bias in the nation’s universities lost a battle this month in N.C. State University’s Student Senate. Student Senate member Benton Sawrey, an NCSU freshman, proposed a bill supporting an effort to have the so-called Academic Bill of Rights, a key part of the […]
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UNC report proposes rules for big gifts
Anyone who has attended or worked with one of the UNC-system schools–or any other public university system for that matter–should know about the endless debate between faculty and administrators, and the legislature and big money donors that fund them. Faculty and administrators argue policy, while the top brass at each school work to get more […]
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Diebold certification challenged
Even between elections, voting–and automated voting machines, in particular–have stayed in the news across North Carolina. After 4,000 votes were lost last year by an electronic voting machine in Carteret County, the General Assembly passed a law requiring transparency in automated voting machines. Diebold Election Systems is trying to get around the new law, and […]
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NCSU under investigation
A Virginia-based think tank that played a significant role in limiting the use of affirmative action in college admissions is now focused on N.C. State University’s admissions policies. The Center for Equal Opportunity, devoted to “colorblind” admissions policies for universities, recently released a report accusing N.C. State of weighing race too heavily in its admissions […]