Mackenzie Fierceton, a University of Pennsylvania graduate, had her Master’s degree and Rhodes Scholarship rescinded after the university’s administration raised doubts about her identity as a foster child and domestic abuse survivor.
Lena Geller
Lena Geller is a reporter for INDY, covering food, housing, and politics. She joined the staff in 2018 and previously ran a custom cake business.
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Durham Commissioners Chair Gives State of the County Address, Board Proclaims April Fair Housing Month
Durham County Board of Commissioners chair Brenda Howerton laid out a plan to expand funding to transit, broadband, and crime reduction initiatives.
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Gen Z Employees Led a Lengthy Strike at a Small Carrboro Restaurant. Their Unorthodox Demands May Not Have Been Met—but the Action Still Caused Waves.
Unlike labor movements in recent headlines, the strike at Acme involved a single, independent restaurant with a social-media-centric strategy of organizing that reflected its generation of striking workers, nearly all of whom were under the age of 25
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One Triangle Baker’s Vision for Universal Basic Income
“I really believe in universal basic income, so I was just like, how can the bakery make this happen?”
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Crowdsourced Review Behemoths Like Yelp Put Power in the Hands of the Consumer. In an Age of Customer Frustration, Who Really Wins?
If you’re under the impression that people are softening their online reviews because of pandemic-era sympathy for restaurants and their workers, buckle up.
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Burned by Pandemic-Era Customer Callousness and Seeking a Small-Town Feel, Scott Crawford Turned to Clayton, North Carolina, for His Latest Restaurant
“Of all the places he could’ve chosen to invest, he chose Clayton,” Clayton Mayor Jody McLeod says. “It puts us on the map.”
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Will House Bill 890 Help Bring North Carolina’s Old-Fashioned Liquor Laws Out of the Past?
Amid low spirits, the bill represents a small victory for local producers struggling to operate under the ABC’s iron fist.
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Making Waves with Cocoa Cinnamon’s Areli Barrera Grodski
“Every contributor that has helped us get to where we are today, cup to crop and crop to cup—they all play a role in this award and should partake in the recognition of it. “
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At Ideal’s Sandwich & Grocery in East Durham, There Are a Lot of Layers
If you’re trying to find the sandwich shop, don’t bother looking for a sign—look for a line.
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With New Additions Like Peck & Plume, Downtown Cary’s Eclectic Restaurant Scene Begins to Find Itself
“It’s the more, the merrier. We don’t look at it like some big competition, we just look at it like, the more buzz there is around downtown Cary, the more people will come in and check it out.”
