In the last seven days, the case of Wildin Acosta has taken multiple twists and turns. Last Thursday, his advocates blitzed the media with the announcement that Acosta—the nineteen-year-old Riverside High School student who was taken into custody by Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in late January—was scheduled to be deported on Sunday. Despite […]
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Appeal in Wildin Acosta Case Will Not Be Heard, Deportation Likely
Late Friday afternoon, about seventy-five protestors stalked the offices of Congressman G.K. Butterfield, on Chapel Hill Road in Durham. They chanted and bore signs saying “Education Not Deportation” and “Free Wildin,” a reference to Wildin David Guillen Acosta, the Durham teenager recently taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Acosta is reportedly scheduled to […]
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Durham Community Groups Not Exactly Shocked by Report Acknowledging Racial Profiling in Durham Police Department
Yesterday, the Durham Police Department released the results of an independent study it commissioned to analyze the department’s traffic stop data. Not surprising: Between January 2010 and October 2015, Durham police disproportionately pulled over black male drivers. The greatest disproportionality was found in the department’s Hight Enforcement Abatement (HEAT) unit, which focuses on drugs, vice, […]
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Durham CAN Says it’s Not Too Late for Affordable Housing
“Housing downtown is simply unaffordable,” Rev. Susan Dunlap told a crowd of about five hundred at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon. Ain’t that the truth. Dunlap was addressing not a church congregation but a pre-election assembly of delegates for Durham CAN (Congregations, Associations, and Neighborhoods). The event was a chance to hear from community […]
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The Morning Roundup: 2016 Primary Election Results Edition
First things first, pat y’allselves on the back. From the North Carolina State Board of Elections: Very impressive! Moving on the meat of the matter: 1. PRESIDENT AND U.S. SENATE RACESPresident The majority of Republican voters in North Carolina believe Donald J. Trump should be the next president of the United States. Trump also won […]
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McCrory Loses, North Carolina Coasts Win: Obama Administration Withdraws Plan to Allow Drilling in Southeast Atlantic Waters
Big day for environmentalists and anyone who generally doesn’t like the idea of tarballs washing up onto their shores: The Obama administration announced this morning that it had reversed course on its plan for oil and gas drilling in the southeast Atlantic coast. There will be no drilling off the coasts of Virginia, Georgia, South […]
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There Are Now Consequences to Leaving Your Dog’s Shit on Public Property in Durham
At a Durham City Council work session back in January, a woman approached the podium during the public-comments portion of the meeting and said something about Durham’s “poop problem.” She was pretty mad. I laughed then, and I laugh now. But that lady gets the last laugh. Last night, the Durham County Board of Commissioners […]
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Airing Durham’s Issues—Affordable Housing, Youth Counseling, Immigrant Policing—at Sunday’s Durham CAN Assembly
The pews were full at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday afternoon—though not for a church service. Instead, the standing-room-only crowd was there for a pre-election delegates’ assembly for Durham CAN (Congregations, Associations, and Neighborhoods). It was a chance to hear from a variety of community stakeholders about issues important to the city, as well as […]
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Asian-Americans Now the Fastest-Growing Demographic in North Carolina: Report
File under News That is Sure to Enrage People Like This Guy: The Asian-American population in North Carolina is growing faster in North Carolina than in all but two other states, according to a new report. Since 2010, the Asian-American population statewide has increased at a faster clip than that of the Hispanic population. There […]
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The Morning Roundup: The Night the Bern Was Felt in Michigan
Up and at ’em! Wednesday’s cheat sheet: 1. Here’s the breakdown on yesterday’s presidential primaries: *Bernie Sanders won Michigan, which is astounding, given that polls had him losing by twenty points. In terms of delegates—who actually determine the nominee—Sanders is still far behind Clinton, due in part to her massive victories in the South. *Speaking […]
