Mausoleum? Bomb shelter? What is it? For the past several weeks, I’ve watched as the Green Wall at Main and Corcoran streets has fallen, as a forgotten piano has succumbed to the excavator and as construction workers have removed brick from building facades, literally one by one, in an effort to save what’s salvageable. And […]
Lisa Sorg
Bio: Lisa Sorg is the editor of INDY Week.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/lisasorg
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Bad news for minority- and women-owned businesses: Durham City Council
This news will likely not surprise the women and minority-owned businesses in Durham, but for everyone else, the data is stunning: From 2007–2012, 97 percent of all city contracts in construction, goods and services went to white-owned businesses; less than 3 percent were awarded to those owned by minorities and women. A disparity report analyzing […]
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Reasons to Love the Triangle in Three Acts
A satire based on several true stories and some embellished ones THE SCENE: A sunny Saturday morning in late summer. A woman arrives at her family’s home, in a neighborhood where African-American, Latino, Japanese and white people of all ages live. It’s within walking distance of downtown. The woman carries a recycled shopping bag full […]
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Neglected Hayti mural to have new life, new home
While lovers of public art were (justifiably) outraged about the painting over of a mural in downtown Durham, as the INDY reported last fall, there was not a peep about the benign neglect that was slowly destroying the Hayti mural a mile away. The Durham Voice has reported that the mural will be re-created on […]
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FCC’s net neutrality ruling could force North Carolina to rewrite state law
The City of Wilson, while likely bummed out about the snow and ice, scored a victory 250 miles away today in Washington, D.C. Today’s FCC ruling is a win for equal access to the Internet, but part of the agency’s decision has even greater implications for North Carolina, particularly Wilson. The bulk of the FCC’s […]
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Waiting for the first pitch at Wrightwood Park in Durham
I love the oft-overlooked Wrightwood Park in Durham precisely because of its overlookedness. The playground equipment is tucked away in the pines. The shelter house is small, with an old fireplace and questionable bathrooms. Even in the height of summer, the baseball field is rarely used except by dogs chasing Frisbees. I trekked over to […]
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Local heroes: The 2015 Indy Citizen Award Winners
Criminal justice reform, affordable housing, food deserts, poverty and climate change. These are some of the most pressing issues facing the Triangleand the world. They seem insurmountable, but our seven Citizen Award winners are undaunted by the challenge. Since 1983, the INDY has honored those who have worked to make the Triangle a more just […]
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The fall of Durham’s Green Wall
While I was out of the office yesterday, the Green Wall fell onto Main Street (we’re guessing, unexpectedly, since the street was not closed when it happened), crushing the fence. Fortunately no one was hurt or killed. The building is one of several being demolished to make way for a 26-story skyscraper. Brenna Berry-Stewart, our […]
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U.S. Department of Justice files criminal charges against Duke Energy subsidiaries over coal ash
The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. attorneys offices in North Carolina filed several criminal charges today against Duke Energy subsidiaries over its their role in the coal ash spills last year. [pdf-1] According to a press release, the DOJ and the U.S. attorneys are alleging that Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress and Duke […]
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Searching for answers about Craig Stephen Hicks
Editor’s note: A version of this column appeared online Friday, Feb. 13. This has been updated with new information. By most accounts, Craig Stephen Hicks is a bitter, hostile man obsessed with parking and guns. Why he harbors these feelings, we do not know, but he had an arsenal of 12 firearms to back them […]