According to the Daily Mail, state Sen. Dan Bishop is one of the few known funders of Gab, the now-shuttered Twitter rival used by the man who murdered 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue.
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Jeffrey C. Billman
Posted inFood & Drink
Breaking: Hillsborough’s Mystery Brewing Company (and Its Brewpub) Will Close
“In the grand scheme of things, we were heavily leveraged. The pub won’t make enough on its own to pay back what we owe.”
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Report: After Four Decades, Durham-Based All About Beer Mag Is Shutting Down
On Facebook, subscribers say they never got what they paid for.
Posted inElections
Endorsements 2018: The Midterms Are Our Last, Best Hope to Save the Republic
Trump or Not Trump: Choose wisely.
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Welcome to the INDY’s Brand-New Website
We’ve changed some things. Come have a look around.
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A New Pride for New Times
The challenges the LGBTQ community faces have changed. Now the Triangle’s marquee festival has too.
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Video: Watch Supporters and Opponents of Silent Sam Square Off on UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus
Last night, about forty supporters of Silent Sam gathered at the base of the toppled monument on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, where they were met by a good deal more counterprotesters. Before the night was out, three people were arrested, and the cops had deployed lots and lots of pepper spray. You can read UNC […]
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Done It Like Durham: Here’s a Short Documentary of the Protest That Led to Silent Sam’s Demise
As you’ve probably heard by now, echoing a similar demonstration last August in Durham, last night protesters tore down the Confederate memorial on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus known as Silent Sam, a statue that for more than a century had stood as a symbol as white supremacy. Local filmmaker Michael Galinksy was there and shot footage […]
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Donald Trump Wants to Eviscerate the Public’s Trust in Journalism. If He Succeeds, Our Democracy Is at Risk.
Today, hundreds of newspapers from all over the country—including members of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, to which the INDY belongs—will take up the Boston Globe’s call to editorialize against the Trump administration’s attacks on the free press, which the president has taken to calling the “enemy of the people,”something more than half of Republicans […]
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College Is Hard. We’re Here to Help.
This fall marks twenty-one years since I packed my few worldly possessions into a 1990 Toyota Camry and, after lying that I would abstain from any illicit substances, left my parents’ abode for the first time. I was off to explore the world on my own. (Sort of: It’s not like I was paying my […]
