A few weeks ago, Aasim Inshirah gave the INDY a tour of his Durham neighborhood. Inshirah lives on Dunstan Avenue, a few blocks north of N.C. Central University, where he works as a public affairs producer and an announcer for WNCU, the school’s jazz station. He’s been in the neighborhood for about twelve years, having […]
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Wildin Acosta Case Reopened by Board of Immigration Appeals
The twisting saga of Durham teenager Wildin Acosta took another turn today. Acosta, a Riverside High School student arrested by Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) outside his parents’ house this past January, has been in Stewart Detention Center, in rural Georgia, for nearly six months. (We visited Acosta this spring.) The nineteen-year-old is part of […]
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This Durham ‘Day of Rage’ Rumor Is a Bunch of Fearmongering
There is a rumor going around, stoked by conservative media outlets, that a national “Day of Rage” is planned this evening in thirty-seven American cities, including Durham, in response to the recent police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. NC Team Trump, for example, is all ginned up about this story, because it seems […]
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It Begins: N.C. House Candidate Holding Pokemon-Themed Campaign Event
Joe Parrish, a twenty-four-year-old Democrat, seeks to represent District 2 (Person and Granville Counties) in the North Carolina House of Representatives, a position currently occupied by Larry Yarbrough, a Roxboro businessman. Parrish is trying to court the youth vote up in Person County, and what better way to connect with the Youths of Today™ than […]
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The Morning Roundup: Issues, Special and Otherwise
Oh, hallo! It’s Wednesday. News: 1. Our special HB 2 issue is out today. You should read it. Start here, with Barry Yeoman’s deep plunge into the law’s origins. “The new law was not a bolt from nowhere,” Yeoman writes. “It can be understood by examining the decades preceding its passage. If history is a […]
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The Company Behind the “All-Gender” Bathroom Signs
SmartSign, the largest sign retailer on the web, owns more than forty websites, on which it hawks messages that range from helpful notifications (OPEN HOUSE) to emergency instructions (IN CASE OF FIREUSE THE STAIRS) to strict rules (NO CELL PHONES ALLOWED). The company, based in Brooklyn, also sells bathroom signs. A few years ago, SmartSign […]
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Carolina Theatre Partnering with New Promoter
The Carolina Theatre has had a rough year. In December, the historic venue—which is owned by the city of Durham, which in turn pays an annual subsidy of about $600,000 to the nonprofit Carolina Theatre of Durham to operate it—announced that it had run up about a million-dollar deficit. Since then, CEO Bob Nocek, COO […]
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McCrory Signs Dumb and Bad Body Camera Bill into Law
As expected, Gov. Pat McCrory signed into law today body-camera legislation that essentially defeats the purpose of having body cameras in the first place. The bill, HB 972, received Democratic support due to the fact that legislators attached a provision decriminalizing needle-exchange programs to it. It is otherwise a terrible, terrible bill. Here’s our quick […]
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Vigil to Be Held in Raleigh Tonight for Victims of Police Violence; UPDATE: Durham Holding One, Too
Two days after Philando Castile became the 123rd black person to be killed by police in America in 2016, local community groups are holding a vigil honoring him and others who have died under similar circumstances. The list is long, but it includes Alton Sterling, who was shot and killed while pinned to the ground […]
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The Morning Roundup: Swing State Edition
Good morning, everyone. It is supposed to be slightly cooler today. Here is some other news you can possibly use: 1. Presidential candidates descend upon our fair state. Donald Trump was in Raleigh last night. After the INDY‘s credentials to attend the event were denied, our reporter Paul Blest was able to worm his way […]
