At 5 a.m. Sunday, thousands of sleepy North Carolinians will board chartered buses heading up to Washington, D.C., for what is being promoted as the largest pro-choice march in history. National organizers expect 60,000 people from North Carolina to march among what they hope will be a crowd of one million on the National Mall. […]
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Air America comes to the Triangle
While Triangle talk radio is still overwhelmingly right wing–as it is everywhere in the country–progressives have good news to talk about. WCHL, 1360 AM in Chapel Hill, announced last week that it has inked a deal with the lefty talk radio network Air America. On Monday, WCHL began running Al Franken’s “The O’Franken Factor” from […]
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Can Ralph Nader win your support?
Reviled by liberals after the 2000 election, Ralph Nader has no apologies. When he announced “Meet the Press” that he planned to run for president in 2004, many reacted with disbelief. Nader’s career as a public advocate has made him a hero–we can thank him for seat belts, clean air laws, workplace safety laws, campaign […]
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Coming into Frame
Documentary films are records of our culture, and as they gain popularity, they’re also becoming a hybrid of information and entertainment, a viable venue for alternative ideas and cultural criticism. But documenting a culture full of copyrighted images, sounds, words and ideas can be legally treacherous. Duke Law School added another dimension to the Full […]
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Blurring the world
Documentary film is our record of the world as it truly is, but when a sign, logo, image, even a building makes it into the frame, filmmakers face an absurd choice: risk lawsuit, or blur it out. An interview with a popular song in the background, however briefly, lands on the cutting room floor. Film […]
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in spring things
Wildflowers are blooming and birds are singing. So get outside! On Saturday, the Eno River Association holds its first workday of the season at the 390-acre Little River Regional Park at the border of Orange and Durham counties. The non-profit conservation organization has worked with the counties and the Triangle Land Conservancy to create the […]
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Orange County Democrats are building the party one precinct at a time
North Carolina may be a red state, but Chapel Hill and Carrboro stick out like bright splashes of blue. So you’d think that liberal Orange County would be solidly Democratic. Statistically, that’s true: According to voter registration counts, Dems outnumber Republicans 2 to 1. But there’s a lot more to a political party than what […]
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A vast left-wing conspiracy? Not quite.
Who owns Sept. 11? Last week it became clear that this question will play a crucial role in the 2004 presidential race. With the economy still dire, Bush is banking on national security to be the issue that keeps him in the White House. When the Bush campaign aired an ad featuring images of World […]
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Making downtown a neighborhood
The friendly little pub nestled in a small brick building at the Five Points intersection of downtown Durham looks like a mirage. Year-’round Christmas lights, strung across the green awning and storefront windows, beckon people to come in and enjoy a pint or a burger. While there are a few other downtown establishments, most aren’t […]
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Ask not what your culture can do for you
It’s not exciting, but it sure makes sense. After nine months of surveys, interviews and public meetings, a draft of the Durham Cultural Master Plan was finally unveiled two weeks ago. Much of what it recommends is abstract, even boilerplate: a cultural economic development committee, expanding the private-sector donor base, celebrating our heritage. But the […]