The Governor’s Eugenics Compensation Task Force released today a preliminary recommendation to Gov. Bev Perdue stating clearly that “I’m sorry” is not nearly enough to compensate 7,600 North Carolinians who were sterilized without their consent. File photo by Adam David KissickElaine Riddick, a victim of forced sterilization, offers testimony at the task force’s June 24 […]
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Bio: Joe Schwartz is a former INDY Week staff writer who works for soccer.com in Hillsborough. He's been a Gooner since he fell for Thierry Henry in 2005, and he still believes in Arsène Wenger.Email: [email protected]
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King of Carrboro honored by those who knew him best
Books, countless Johnny Cash CDs, PTA Thrift Shop jewelry, harmonicas, gently used guitars, bicycles, unpackaged single lightbulbs. Photo courtesy of Don HenzeRobert Harman, the King of Carrboro, was a West Virginian loner who became a local icon and staple. He was a regular at the Open Eye Cafe where patrons and staff cherished his friendship, […]
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Orange commissioners decline to reappoint planning board member over residency questions
More to the story Correspondence between May Becker and the county attorney and manager questioning her residency status (PDF) Becker’s Planning Board application (PDF) Becker’s Commission for the Environment application (PDF) Becker’s Planning Board reappointment application (PDF) May Becker lives in Chapel Hill part of the year, serving as co-chairwoman of the Orange-Chatham Group of […]
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Democrats offer redistricting proposals
As criticism on the Republican drawn Congressional, N.C. House and N.C. Senate maps flowed forward, Senate Redistricting Committee Chairman Bob Rucho pointed out that he would entertain alternatives, but the Democrats had failed to submit them. Well, until now. As the General Assembly engages in a floor debate on the Republican proposal, the Democrats are […]
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Sacrificial Poets create a space for transformation
At the mic Sacrificial Poets members and audience participants at last month’s open mic Charli Randolph CJ Suitt (excerpt) George “G” Yamazawa (excerpt) Selma Abdulhai Stefen Micko Tiye Frierson Charli Randolph used to loathe speaking in public. Her mouth would get dry and she would shake uncontrollably. But when she saw Sacrificial Poets perform, she […]
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Raleigh gets cold feet, punts on food trucks decision
Klausie’s pizza operator Mike Stenke feels like the Raleigh City Council left him at the altar today. Stenke, a leading figure in food truck vendors’s fight for inclusion in the City of Oaks, was expecting the city to finally approve new rules to allow him to operate there, but instead the council sent them back […]
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Kinnaird says Republican-proposed districts “re-segregating North Carolina,” hopes courts will overturn double-bunking with Atwater
Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, Person, one of 10 state senators drawn into the same district as another sitting senator under the redistricting proposal Republicans released Tuesday, says she would seek to hold onto her seat, but running against a colleague would be “a very difficult situation.” Photo courtesy of ncleg.net The 23rd district, which she […]
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No political robot, Sookram ventures into Chapel Hill mayor race
Tim Sookram heard about a month ago than an election was coming up in November. Never mind that he moved here just last summer, that this is his first bid for any office or that he’s never attended a Chapel Hill Town Council meeting, Sookram is running for the mayor’s office. Photo courtesy of Tim […]
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The odd shapes of the GOP congressional redistricting plan
Before and after DISTRICT 2: Democrat Bob Etheridge’s old district, now held by freshman U.S. Rep. Renee Elmers, a Republican, would undergo drastic changes if the GOP proposal holds. The new lines: Add Apex, Holly Springs and parts of conservative western Wake formerly in District 4. Notably, though, Cary is left alone. Add Hope Mills […]
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Legal fight brewing in N.C. as Republicans get feedback on proposed Congressional map
The “fair and legal” assurances made by North Carolina Republicans since the redistricting process began were challenged directly Thursday both at a marathon nine-location public hearing on the proposed Congressional map and earlier in the day when the Democrats released their response, terming the plan “divide and conquer.” N.C. NAACP President the Rev. William Barber […]