Autumn brings us cooler temperatures and the changing of the leaves. It also brings the Thanksgiving holiday and with that the renewed focus on feeding the hungry. If you’re interested in fighting hunger in a non-traditional way, you have some options. When you give blood to the Raleigh and Cary locations of the American Red […]
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It’s been 25 years since John Hope Franklin moved to Durham, and ever since, the eminent historian of black life and culture and American race relations has fueled intellectual discourse in Bull City. On Friday, Nov. 18, Professor Franklin will be one of the featured speakers at a symposium celebrating the 10th anniversary of the […]
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Wal-Mart war on Orange-Chatham line
The Wal-Mart wars have returned to the Triangle, and once again public officials in Orange County are at the center of the debate. Over the years, leaders in Chapel Hill and Carrboro have maintained a steady resistance to having the world’s largest retailer build stores in their jurisdictions. Wal-Mart’s response has been to develop retail […]
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The question no one asked Colin Powell
When Gen. Colin Powell spoke at Duke last Friday, there was something missing from his remarks. With humor that often roused the crowd to laughter, Powell reflected on his youth in New York, his days as a young lieutenant and his time as the head of the State Department. But his comments on Iraq were […]
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Pope’s Hardware–a Chatham institution at risk
Pope’s True Value Hardware is a neighborhood institution in northeast Chatham County. Known for its customer service and customer loyalty, it’s where you buy everything from stamps to light bulbs. And for many in Chatham and southern Orange counties, more than anything it’s a symbol of all that Super Wal-Mart could destroy. Pope’s family business […]
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From prison to Parliament
Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in prison with Nelson Mandela, can trace his roots in the South African liberation movement back to his first encounter with forced racial segregation. In 1939, his small-town childhood was interruped by segregation policies that forced him to attend a school for Indian children in Johannesburg, hours away from […]
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Carrington’s history was no mystery
Sen. John Carrington of Raleigh got off easy this month when he was indicted for illegally shipping law enforcement equipment to China. The criminal charge accused Carrington of shipping fingerprint powder, ink and other fingerprint technology to China in violation of a federal law that prohibits exporting to nations with known human rights abuses. But […]
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Closing the door
Ready with several classified ads, Mapquest directions and a rental car, I visited a handful of apartments in Durham and Chapel Hill. I was relocating from Houston to the Triangle, trying to find a nice home with a rent that I hoped wouldn’t burn a hole in my pocket. I found the perfect place. There […]