A new community-remembrance coalition will publicly gather in Pittsboro tomorrow, July 11, for a storytelling ceremony to foster “truth, justice, and reconciliation.”
Mary King
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Thousands of Letters Pour into a Cary Senior-Care Facility After a Call for Pen Pals Went Viral
One Facebook post earned Phoenix Assisted Care residents 325,000 shares, 16,000 comments, a “Good Morning America” appearance, and new friends across the world.
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Virtual Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP Summit Pushes for Police Reform
“We’ve been nibbling around the edges on police reform for many years. I think that we really have to step back and take a different view of the relationship between armed police and the community.”
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Yaheard Is a New Home for Hot Takes and Not-So-Great Debates
The N.C. State-bred app and social network lets argue in public about some issues that matter and many that don’t.
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Black Front Line Workers Are Urging the Senate to Pass the HEROES Act
“I live in fear every day, afraid that I might take something home to my family,” GoRaleigh employee Sherita McCullers said during a AFL-CIO press call Wednesday.
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15 Minutes: Aissa Dearing, Student and Community Organizer
“Part of the reason I wrote that petition and part of the reason that I’m planning this march on June 13 is to remind Durham Public Schools who the real stakeholders are. And that’s students and teachers.”
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15 Minutes: Olivia Robertson, Server at Carolina Coffee Shop
“I know a lot of people are still scared about going to restaurants—which, I mean, honestly, I am about going out in public in general.”
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Here’s What You Need to Know About Orange County’s Move into Phase 2
“This disease is still affecting people in Orange County, and we know the virus does not care about county lines.”
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Raleigh’s Oakwood Cafe Shutters After 21 Years
The quaint Cuban-Argentine eatery is one of the latest local restaurants to close permanently as COVID-19 wreaks havoc on downtown Raleigh’s culinary scene.