Ballots for the store, the first in North Carolina to file for a union election, are supposed to go out this week. A company spokesperson says the termination is unrelated to organizing efforts.
Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards is culture editor of the INDY, covering cultural institutions and the arts in the Triangle. She joined the staff in 2019 and assumed her current role in 2020.
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Two Triangle Writers Named Recipients of Prestigious Whiting Award
Ina Cariño and Alexis Pauline Gumbs are two of ten writers to receive the legendary $50,000 award.
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Megan Mayhew Bergman’s Women For Every Season
The women in ‘How Strange A Season’—strong-willed activists, artists, and athletes—have footholds in the past and the future. They’re haunted by both.
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Triangle First: Emma Geiger’s Restless Flock of Birds
“Flock,” premiering on the INDY website today, is an emotional ode to a world that is shifting beneath your feet.
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Triangle First: Sengoko’s Night Moods
Premiering today on the INDY website, “Honeycombs (Here We are Again)” is one of Derek Torres’s first music video forays as Sengoko.
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Thirty-One Days Inside the First North Carolina Starbucks to Organize for a Union
Conversations about unionizing at the Raleigh Starbucks began as a joke. That quickly changed.
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Dreamville’s 2022 Lineup Includes J. Cole, Kehlani, and More
The festival’s April 2-3 lineup was announced earlier today.
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The 2022 James Beard Awards Are Heating Up as Five Triangle Chefs, One Restaurant Rise to Semifinals
The “Oscars of the food world” were put on hold for two years. Now, they’re back—and full of North Carolina flavor.
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Tom Ferguson, Founder of Rise Biscuits, Has Died
Ferguson was 57. The cause of death was not disclosed.
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Baristas at a Raleigh Starbucks File for a Union Election
The store is one of 87 stores in 25 states to file a petition to join Workers United.