All over the U.S., protesters marched over the weekend to call for an end to unwarranted police violence against black people. It was an awful week that ended with the deaths of Alton Sterling in Louisiana; Philando Castile in Minneapolis; and five police officers in Dallas, victims of senseless retaliation by a lone gunman, according […]
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William Barber: “This Is Violence and Death Gone Wild”
At a Friday morning press conference, N.C. NAACP President William Barber condemned the acts of “killers, murderers [that] hijacked a peaceful protest and used it as a staging ground to kill and target police. These police were doing their jobs. They were watching over children and families.” Barber’s reaction to the Thursday night sniper attack […]
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NARAL Links Richard Burr to the “Trump Squad” in New Ad Campaign
N.C. Senator Richard Burr (R) can skip as many Trump rallies in his state as he likes, but the pro-abortion rights organization NARAL won’t let voters forget his endorsement for Donald Trump in the presidential race. In an ad campaign launched online Thursday, Burr’s head is photoshopped onto actor Asio Highsmith’s body, from the iconic […]
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Guitar Center Is Leaving Durham. Here’s What That Means for Indie Music Stores
Rusty Adams feels good about how his little Apex music store is doing. Since 2011, when he and his wife, Rhonda, bought Burt’s Music, brought it to the Beaver Creek Commons shopping center, and renamed it Quarter Note Music, they’ve run a thriving guitar store and music instruction center that employs twenty instructors to teach […]
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Donald and Hillary (and Barack) All Came to North Carolina Tuesday
Dueling presidential rallies for Donald Trump in Raleigh and Hillary Clinton in Charlotte on Tuesdaywith President Obama by her sideproved that North Carolina is very important to these candidates. For Trump, North Carolina is a must-win; there are few viable paths to 270 electoral votes without it. For Clinton, winning the Tar Heel state would […]
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Trump Bringing Corker to Raleigh; FBI Recommends No Charges Against Clinton
You likely won’t see North Carolina Republican bigwigs such as Governor Pat McCrory or Richard Burr slumming with Donald Trump at tonight’s campaign stop in Raleigh. But, if you actually plan to attend the 7 p.m. rally at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, you will feel the electric charisma of […]
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The Morning Roundup: Dear North Carolina, You Are So Precious to These Two Candidates
Good morning, everybody. They’re here. And one of them has the president of the United States by her side. 1. She’s in Charlotte, he’s in Raleigh. From CBS News: President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign together on Tuesday for the first time this year. Meanwhile, Trump will hold a dueling event in North Carolina […]
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools Names Interim Superintendent
On Wednesday night, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education unanimously chose retired Johnston County Superintendent Jim Causby as interim superintendent, as the school system searches for a permanent replacement for Tom Forcella, who is leaving at the end of July. The decision to hire Causby was also announced in a CHCCS news release on Wednesday […]
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At the First Gubernatorial Debate, Pat McCrory Blames Everyone But Himself
Governor Pat McCrory was in a feisty mood as he faced off against Attorney General Roy Cooper in the first gubernatorial debate last Friday. But feisty doesn’t quite cover it: the governor was also by turns whiny and defensive. As Cooper noted, he blamed everyone but himself for the gaping wound that is House Bill […]
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Not Everyone Wants the Mountains-to-Sea Trail in Their Backyard
A brief tornado watch followed by a thunderstorm Thursday night likely depressed attendance inside Chapel Hill’s Town Hall. But several dozen residents of affluent, secluded homes near Cane Creek reservoir, owned by Orange Water and Sewer Authority, made it to the OWASA board meeting anyway, to passionately oppose the Mountains-to-Sea Trail coming through OWASA land […]
