Dolores Chandler, a transgender Chapel Hill resident, prefers to be referred to with gender-neutral pronouns: “they/them” rather than “he/she” or “his/her.” This is a tricky request for any English-language publication, but institutions must adapt to accommodate the marginalized. The Transportation Security Administration has also taken steps to accommodate transgender people. There’s a dedicated page on […]
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More Than 100 Marchers Protest the Durham County Jail
We don’t yet know why Matthew McCain died in the Durham County Detention Facility on January 19. The sheriff’s office is investigating, as is the county’s department of public health. It may be months before their official reports arrive. What we do know is that McCain, 29, an epileptic and diabetic, had told his family […]
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Talking with Elisa Benitez, community organizer for Alerta Migratoria NC, about last week’s ICE raid in Durham
Before leaving for school at Durham’s Riverside High School last Thursday morning, 19-year-old Wildin David Guillen Acosta went to warm up the car. He returned inside to grab his bookbag. When he came back out, plainclothes Immigrations Customs Enforcement agents were waiting for him. He was thrown to the ground, arrested, and hauled away. He’s […]
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A brief chat with Union County sheriff candidate Brian Crump, who may have written a very racist thing on Facebook two years ago
Outside of Charlotte, in Union County, there’s a guy named Brian Crump running for sheriff. Here’s the website for his campaign. It does not contain any overtly racist language, but Crump’s Facebook history tells a different story. Per the Twitter account of Shaun King, at 1:57 a.m. on March 19, 2014, Crump made the following […]
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The Morning Roundup: New luxury condos, new jobs numbers and something called Creedbombing
A good Wednesday to you, dear reader. We have compiled some information that may prove helpful to you as you embark upon your day. 1. Scott Stapp is on board with Panthers’ “Creedbombing.” Ridiculing Creed frontman Scott Stapp was once so easy and enjoyable. The voice. The subliminal Christian messages. The butt-rock aesthetic. But his […]
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Local activists call on President Obama to stop deportation raids
We, uh, already know how Republican presidential frontrunners Donald Trump and Ted Cruz feel about the roughly 11 million unauthorized immigrants residing in the United States. Build a wall! Deport ’em all! We also know that, last fall, North Carolina’s Republican Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law a bill restricting municipalities from accepting a Mexican-government-issued […]
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Interesting morning in Chapel Hill! Four arrested in protest of Margaret Spellings
Margaret Spellings doesn’t even start as UNC system president until March, but calls for her head continue apace. Why all the Spellings hate? “Faculty are dissatisfied with the current state at UNC and have no confidence that Spellings will move the system in the right direction,” says Zach Robinson, a faculty member at East Carolina […]
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Durham County Department of Public Health will investigate death of 29-year-old inmate
Last Tuesday, Matthew LaMont McCain, a 29-year-old inmate in the Durham County Detention Facility, died in his cell. The Durham County Sheriff’s Office reported that a member of the detention staff found McCain “unresponsive and immediately performed life-saving measures. The detention staff and medical personnel performed CPR until EMS arrived. Paramedics were unable to resuscitate […]
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N.C. Senator Richard Burr says he would vote for Bernie Sanders over Ted Cruz, denies it
The left dislikes Ted Cruz for obvious reasons. His extreme right-wing views on literally every major issue are diametrically opposed to traditional liberal values. But Republicans also hate Cruz. Or, to be more specific, Republicans who have had to interact with Cruz in Congress hate him. North Carolina Senator Richard Burr is one of those […]
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Apex, the peak of good living, has a pretty goddamn great idea here
UPDATE/CORRECTION: Orange County has one of these, too. Whether you’re in the market for a vintage Eames chair or a crate of black-market Chinese pharmaceuticals, Craigslist’s got you covered. The only problem is the often-uncomfortable exchange between buyer and seller, which typically takes place at the seller’s home. No matter how normal and nice the […]
