The annual State of the County address, delivered Monday by Wendy Jacobs, chair of Durham County Board of Commissioners, covered early childhood education, overdose prevention and infrastructure. “Our greatest resource is the potential talent of each person and when this talent is supported and flourishes, we all prosper,” Jacobs said. Jacobs spent much of the […]
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Can Religion and Gay Rights Get Along in North Carolina? A Dialogue at UNC Seeks Common Ground
The UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law hosted a panel of speakers on Thursday as part of a series of conversations by the pro-LGBTQ group Tolerance Means. The panelists, called “dialogue catalysts,” gave their take on the series title—“Religion and Gay Rights: Do They Have to Be at Odds?” “I’m afraid most of the breakdown is […]
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An LGBTQ Group at Duke Divinity Says The School Is Marginalizing Gay and Trans Students
Last Wednesday, the dean of the Duke Divinity School gave her State of the School address, an annual affair that rarely generates headlines. This year was different. A group of LGBTQ students and faculty and their allies interrupted Elaine Heath’s address in an effort to call attention to what they say is the “real” state […]
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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Came to Raleigh to Learn More About Challenges to the Right to Vote
Preclearance, a term most familiar to legal wonks and AP history students, was the central topic of a briefing Friday before the U.S. Civil Rights Commission at the Crabtree Marriott in Raleigh. The event space was mostly packed with academics, activists, and others interested in hearing the testimonies of panelists to the commission, an independent, […]