You came all the way to North Carolina to see your loved ones get hitched. But that doesn’t mean you can’t get out and do your own thing. Preempt those wedding-cake calories with a hike at one of the Triangle’s nature preserves or state parks. Or gather some fodder for reception small talk at a […]
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Thousands March for Science in Downtown Raleigh, Say They Will Not Be Silent
Thousands of people rallied in downtown Raleigh Saturday to support the worldwide March for Science, under the slogan “Science, not Silence.” With over six hundred cities participating worldwide, the march demonstrated support for the scientific processand for the role science should play in policymaking. The marches also arose in protest of President Trump’s proposals to […]
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“We Are Not Afraid of Action”: Thousands March for Science in Downtown Raleigh
Thousands of people marched in downtown Raleigh on Saturday to support the worldwide March for Science, under the slogan “Science, not Silence.” With over six hundred cities participating worldwide, the march demonstrated widespread support for the scientific process—and for the role science should play in policymaking. The marches also arose partly in protest of President […]
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Pat McCrory Celebrates the HB 2 Compromise: It Means the “Human Rights Campaign Lost the Battle”
Yesterday, former governor Pat McCrory—who is likely not residing in the Execution Mansion right now because he signed HB 2—went on a Family Research Council podcast with known crazy person Tony Perkins to talk about HB 2’s repeal and replacement with HB 142. And wouldn’t you know it? McCrory, the guy who made bathroom birth […]
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“Hey, Roy! I Trusted You. You Let Me Down! You Failed Me”
Governor Cooper was the audience for a special, one-off performance of the Air Horn Orchestra, the group that so annoyed former governor Pat McCrory for eight months last year, after McCrory signed HB 2. Yesterday, Cooper signed a repeal of HB 2 that critics—including at the INDY—have derided as not much of a repeal at […]
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These Are the Cases the UNC Board of Governors Doesn’t Want the Law School’s Civil Rights Clinic to Help With
For the last fifteen years, the UNC School of Law’s Center for Civil Rights has helped advocate for the state’s poor and minority populations, providing legal advice and representation for those who may not have otherwise been able to afford it. Now some members of the Republican-controlled UNC Board of Governors want it to stop, […]
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Sorry, President Trump, But Your Raleigh Supporters’ Rally Was Definitely Not the Biggest of Them All
It was a quiet Saturday morning at Halifax Mall as a crew began to set up a small stage embellished with American and Trump flags. Merchandisers were hanging up red shirts with slogans like “Pumps for Trump” and, of course, “Make America Great Again.” A slow but steady trickle of Trump supporters began to populate […]
