A good day for justice. Will North Carolina be next?… There is an election this year for the N.C. Supreme Court. Wishful thinking? Stay tuned. From the New York Times story: In his majority opinion, Justice Richard N. Palmer wrote that the court found that the ‘segregation of heterosexual and homosexual couples into separate institutions […]
Matt Saldaña
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Johnston County tiene problemas
Today, The News & Observer looks at a lawsuit alleging ethnic bias by the Johnston County Board of Commissioners, who denied a zoning permit to allow the non-profit Tri-County Community Health Council to build a low-cost health-care clinic in a remote area of the county. Tri-County provides comprehensive medical care to a largely Latino clientele […]
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More than 300 workers arrested in largest immigration raid in the Carolinas
During yesterday’s 9 a.m. shift change, roughly 100 federal immigration agents raided a House of Raeford Farms poultry plant outside Greenville, N.C. S.C., arresting more than 300 workers suspected of being illegal immigrants. The raid was the result of a 10-month federal investigation into the plant. The Charlotte Observer, which has previously profiled numerous safety […]
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NYT: McCain-Palin running an ‘appalling’ campaign
An op-ed in today’s New York Times delivers a stark assessment of John McCain and Sarah Palin’s strategy of instilling fear of Barack Obama, whom McCain referred to as “that one” (click through for video) during last night’s debate and whom Palin has insisted “palls around with terrorists” and does not “see America as you […]
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No longer BFFs: Chuck Baldwin and Ron Paul
In an April 2008 Internet column, Baptist pastor and conservative talk-radio host Chuck Baldwin wrote, “I am convinced that only a miracle can save America now.” “I am expecting God to grant such a miracle,” continued Baldwin, a former Florida state chairman in Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority. “Beyond that, I am willing to do my […]
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NCCU’s Home
Home University Theatre, NCCU Through Oct. 12; tickets: 530-5170 The stage directions to Samm-Art Williams’ 1975 play, Homethe story of a black farmer’s journey from the Carolinas to New York City and back againbegin with two women singing a Negro spiritual in darkness. Over the course of the play, these women (“Woman One” and “Woman […]
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Paint it (Carolina) Blue
Over at Facing South, Chris Kromm makes a compelling case that North Carolina’s status as a battleground state should be solidifed. (In other words, electoral maps should have N.C. shaded light–dare we say, Carolina–blue, or at least a neutral earth tone.) He’s got polling data to back him up: the latest PPP poll has Obama […]
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Bush signs bailout plan
After the $700 billion bailout bill passed, with a 263-171 vote in the House, George W. Bush signed into law the largest financial intervention by the U.S. government since the Great Depression. Also of note: With his Senate vote in favor of the bill on Wednesday, John McCain went against his campaign promise that, as […]
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Durham has a subway train
And it’s shutting down (mostly) Oct. 15. The Personal Rapid Transit system, established in the 1980s, connects Duke’s hospital and outpatient clinics, via a single-car, electro-magnetic “magic carpet ride.” Portions of the track are underground, making it the only underground transportation system in North Carolina. The N&O has the obit: The tram system has been […]
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Live: Lucinda Williams at Memorial Auditorium
Lucinda Williams Tuesday, Sept. 30 Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh Last night at Raleigh’s Memorial Auditorium, Lucinda Williams was in a good mood: She danced with the band, marveled at how good her voice sounded from the old Raleigh stage, and urged the audience to vote in November. “I detest apathy,” she said near the end of […]
