For the couple with a sweet tooth: Videri Chocolate: The area’s best chocolate is made in Raleigh. Videri offers everything from bitter sea-salt bars to creamy milk chocolate. For the best variety, choose the fifteen-piece confections box full of bonbons and caramels. 327 West Davie Street, Raleigh For the garden enthusiasts: The Zen Succulent: A […]
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Local Activists Condemn the Detention of Up to Twenty-Five Undocumented Immigrants Across the Triangle
On Friday morning, the activist group El Centro Hispano and officials from around North Carolina denounced a spate of ICE raids across the Triangle that have led to the detention of up to twenty-five local undocumented immigrants over the past several weeks. At a press conference, U.S. Representative David Price spoke about his work to […]
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Want to Be The Carrack’s New Director? Laura Ritchie Is Stepping Down This Summer.
Laura Ritchie, the director of The Carrack Modern Art, announced in a press release yesterday that she is stepping down from her position in June, after seven years as the leader of the nonprofit community gallery, a mainstay in the Durham art scene. Ritchie cofounded The Carrack in 2011 and has since grown the volunteer-run, […]
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ICE Raids in Orange and Chatham Counties Swept Up Ten People This Week—Including Immigrant Rights Organizer Maria Peralta’s Stepfather
Members of Siembra NC, an immigration justice group based in Greensboro, offered support for undocumented families in Chapel Hill last night after a stream of Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids led to the detention of a reported ten people across Orange and Chatham counties this week. For the activist organization, the raids hit close to […]
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New Study Finds North Carolina Women Lose an Average of Almost $8,200 to the Pay Gap Each Year
Women in North Carolina earn 82 cents for every dollar paid to men, according to a study released this week by the National Partnership for Women and Children. That adds up to an individual loss of nearly $8,200 every year, enough for a woman to pay almost ten months of rent, more than a year […]
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Wake County Proposes Incentives to Lure Business to Vulnerable Areas
The Wake County Economic Development Department wants to implement an innovative policy that would provide incentives to businesses to make decisions that benefit vulnerable groups across the county. In a presentation at a Wake County Board Commissioners work session today, executive director Michael Haley explained that there are currently fifty-two active projects that would create […]
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Scientists Have Found Trace Levels of Emerging Contaminants in the Triangle’s Water. Does the DEQ Have the Resources to Keep Up?
The Duke researchers who discovered trace amounts of contaminants in water sources around the Triangle last year think they may be closer to understanding where they’re coming from. The potentially toxic contaminants, known as perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, are known to be especially elusive and difficult to track. But at a forum last month sponsored […]
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What Will Spotify’s Entrance into the Stock Market Mean for the Triangle’s Music Labels?
Spotify went public today, but how that will affect record labels across the worldーincluding those in the Triangleーremains largely unclear. The world’s most popular music streaming service was preemptively valued at $132 per share by the New York Stock Exchange. But that price shot up to nearly $166 during its stock market debut, which elevated […]
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Uncle Joe Biden Is Coming to DPAC
Joe Biden—the former vice president and, if you believe The Onion, the president of vice—has just added a stop at the Durham Performing Arts Center this June as part of his American Promise Tour. Charlotte is also included on the new leg of the tour, which aims to promote the former veep’s new book and […]
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Red Bull Launches New Line Almost Exclusively in N.C. It’s Not What You Were Expecting.
Red Bull has chosen North Carolina as the testing ground for a new line of drinks. But unlike its trademark product, they don’t purport to give you wings. Instead, Organics by Red Bull, which features four organic premium soda flavors, takes a decidedly toned-down approach. Out of four new options—Simply Cola, Bitter Lemon, Ginger Ale, […]
