In early October, flyers began appearing around Durham advising neighbors to “stop smoking cigarettes and blasting sacrilegious ‘Truth Club’ music.”
Sara Pequeño
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Voices: The American Nightmare
The shooting at UNC last week is yet another terrifying reminder of the violence that can intrude into the spaces that are supposed to be safe.
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Figuring It Out: For Pride Month, a Primer on Pronouns
“In the aftermath of the pandemic, I have had time to think about my gender and sexuality, and I have realized that I have always known who I was. It’s other people who didn’t understand.”
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board Honors Stanley Vickers and His Family’s Work to Integrate Area Schools
“We knew it then: every child should have a right to a good education. We have come a ways, but there is still a long way to go.”
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Bugging Out: Commemorative Venus Flytrap License Plate Is Stuck in the Senate
A bill that should be buzzing along has been caught by the N.C. Senate’s rules committee.
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Sunday Reading: A Spoonful of Sugar
In a documentary short from “The New Yorker,“ two women in rural Alabama use kindness and persistence to get their neighbors vaccinated.
Posted inFilm & Television
OutSouth Queer Film Festival Stays Virtual for 2021
The festival, hosted by the Carolina Theatre in Durham, features 102 films and shorts that will be available over a seven-day period.
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15 Minutes: Shenekia Weeks, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill
“At the individual level, we have to normalize the conversation around race. That is uncomfortable for people, it can be, and so part of my role is normalizing that process.”
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UNC-Chapel Hill’s Air Quality Permit Renewed Without Cap for Heat Input
“This is kind of like your doctor putting you on a diet where you can only eat cookies that have 100 calories or less, but there is no limit on the number of cookies that you can eat.”