President Bill Clinton didn’t take a lot of jabs at Hillary’s opponent, but he didn’t need to—that’s what the local politicians were for (more on that later). Instead, his time at the Community Family Life & Recreation Center at Lyon Park in Durham’s West End yesterday was spent talking about education, immigration, and everything except […]
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Golden Belt Granted a Historic Designation over the Durham Rescue Mission’s Objections
In a split vote, the Durham City Council ended a multiyear battle when it approved the Golden Belt local historic district, including the properties the Durham Rescue Mission asked to have removed. The vote pitted Mayor Bill Bell, Mayor Pro Tem Cora Cole-McFadden, and council member Eddie Davis against council members Don Moffitt, Jillian Johnson, […]
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Durham Public Schools Takes Small Steps Forward Where Giant Leaps Are Needed
Durham schools are making small gains in student proficiency, according to data released last week by the Department of Public Instruction, but there’s still much room for improvement, especially in already low-performing schools across the district. In Durham County, 69 percent of schools met or exceeded performance targets set by the state, and the percentage […]
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Durham County DA Dismisses Charges Against Darryl Howard Days After Judge Vacates Conviction
Darryl Howard, who spent twenty-one years in jail for a crime he said he did not commit, doesn’t have to worry about whether or not he’ll once again face a jury for the 1991 murders of Doris and Nishonda Washington. The fifty-four-year-old was convicted of the murders in 1995. Howard has maintained his innocence, and […]
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In a Statement, The Durham Hotel Apologizes to Michael Cho, Says It Does Not Tolerate Discrimination
As the INDYreported on Tuesday, a Duke resident doctor named Michael Cho and a group of his friends were asked to leave The Durham Hotel’s rooftop bar Saturday night, after another patron told the bar staff that his presence made her uncomfortable because she believed he had previously assaulted her. (He had not. According to […]
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The Morning Roundup: Voting Rights Are Back, A Harvard Education Is Bad, and So Much More
Gooooood morning folks. Here’s a sampling of some of today’s top headlines to get your day started on the right foot. 1. Let’s start off with some good news: Yesterday the Supreme Court rejected Governor McCrory’s appeal for a stay in the voter ID case! Thanks to a 4–4 split—which meant the court deferred to […]
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Durham Rescue Mission Will Not Waver in Attempt to Be Removed from Proposed Historic District
Gathered under the shade of two large, looming trees on empty lots on Worth Street, Ernie Mills Sr. and his son, Ernie Mills Jr., again argued that a portion of the lots the Durham Rescue Mission owns east of Alston Avenue should be removed so the mission can build its community center—and reiterated that if […]
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The Durham Rescue Mission Wants to Expand. Golden Belt’s Proposed Historic Designation Might Get in the Way.
The ghosts of Durham’s industrial age are alive and well in Golden Belt. The land where houses stand today was once where mill workers spent their precious leisure hours, just blocks from the busy textile mill that employed them. Golden Belt, which lies about a mile east of City Hall and is the last intact […]
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Wildin Acosta Is Out of Immigration Jail, Back in Durham
Wildin David Guillen Acosta strolled up to C.C.B. Plaza on Monday afternoon with a nervous swagger. While many of his peers were finishing their first day back at Riverside High School, he was here to face the camerasand the community that fought so hard to stave off his deportation. He met those who arrived early […]
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The Durham Hotel Ejects an Asian Man from Its Rooftop Bar, Is Accused of Racism, Blames “Mistaken Identity”
The Durham Hotel’s rooftop bar is known for its gorgeous views of the downtown skyline (and steadily increasing number of cranes), but over the weekend, at least on Yelp and Facebook, it became known for something else: kicking out a sober patron because he allegedly made another guest feel “uncomfortable.” Michael Cho, a Duke radiology […]