Sorry, delinquents: North Carolina is the worst place in the country to be arrested as a teenager. A draconian state law dictates that sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds picked up for minor misdemeanorslittering, possession of a small amount of marijuana, etc.are treated like adults in the criminal justice system. Every year, thousands of North Carolina teenagers start […]
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Poll: Cooper Racing Ahead of McCrory in N.C. Governor’s Race
Gov. Pat McCrory continues to fumble around for ways to explain why signing HB 2 wasn’t a massive fuck-up. His arguments are bad, he looks like a clown when he tries to present them, and nobody is buying what he’s selling. A new poll from Elon University, out today, finds that an increasing number of […]
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Orange County Follows Durham’s Lead, Introduces Juvenile Diversion Program; Other N.C. Counties May Follow
North Carolina is the worst place in the country to be arrested as a teenager. A draconian state law dictates that sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds picked up for misdemeanors as frivolous as littering or marijuana possession are considered adults in the eyes of the criminal justice system. Every year, thousands of North Carolina teenagers start their […]
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Andy Warhol Museum Director Cancels Visit to UNC’s MFA Class—Guess Why
Thus far, many of the headline-grabbing HB-2-related boycotts have come from the worlds of business (Paypal, Deutsche Bank) and music (Springsteen, Ringo, and, today, Ani DiFranco). But the backlash is being felt in less commercial spheres as well. Eric C. Shiner, director of The Andy Warhol Museum, had planned to visit North Carolina later this […]
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Ringo Starr Cancels Cary Show over HB 2
And another one: Ringo Starr announced this afternoon that he has canceled his June 18 All Starr Tour show at the Koka Booth Amphitheatre in Cary due to HB 2. “I’m sorry to disappoint my fans in the area, but we need to take a stand against this hatred,” the former Beatle, who played DPAC […]
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New Details Emerge About Controversial Durham Drug Bust
Last Friday evening, officers from the Durham Police Department’s HEAT (High Enforcement Abatement Team) unit entered a residence at 3417 Misty Pine Avenue and made several arrests. The incident was caught on video by Vera McGriff, who owns the home and was among those arrested. The video, which now has nearly 200,000 views online, depicts […]
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The Morning Roundup: The Day the Left-Wing Political Correctness Mob Got a Small Concession from Pat McCrory
Today is Wednesday, April 13. You are still alive. Here are some things going on in the world around you. 1. McCrory issues executive order on HB 2. It sounds good at first. But in reality it’s nowhere close to a repeal of the terrible law. The good part: It expands nondiscrimination protections for state […]
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What Can Durham Do to Become Sun City?
The Durham Community Land Trustees has been hip to the sun for about a decade now. Where it can afford to do so, the nonprofit uses solar hot-water heaters and implements passive solar design in its affordable housing units. But solar photovoltaic panels have always been too expensive. Last year, the renewable energy organization NC […]
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Then They Came for Our Pornography: XHamster Bans Access in North Carolina over HB 2
First, it was new jobs. Then we were denied our “Jungleland” singalongs. Now the backlash to HB 2 threatens to interfere with our ability to masturbate using the Internet. Is nothing sacred? Today, the guy who runs porn site XHamster.com announced that the company would be blacking out access for users with North Carolina IP […]
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Durham Police Officers Smell Marijuana at North Durham Home, All Hell Breaks Loose
A few months ago, during a Durham City Council work session about body cameras, interim Durham police chief Larry Smith argued against the willy-nilly release of police footage to the public. His general point was that the situations that require use of force are inherently ugly ones, and tend to make officers look bad even […]
