Timmons-Goodson is the first African American woman to sit on the state’s highest court.
Thomasi McDonald
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Retired Durham Judge and Former Selfie Museum Tenants Reach Agreement, But the Guilford County Couple Still Wants Justice
Judge Jim Hardin agreed to dismiss lawsuit for damages against his former tenants, but Erica Bishop and Joseph Wooten are suing a contractor who they allege did work for them on the space without a license.
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Durham Attorney Who Successfully Argued to Restore Voters’ Rights Condemns NC Supreme Court Decision to Disenfranchise Voters With Felonies
Meanwhile, a new report finds restoring voting rights to convicted felons who have served sentences advances public safety.
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NC Woman Felt Forced to Sell Land She Owned Following Racist Vandalism
Video of the damage to Angel Pittman’s property went viral.
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Durham’s Hayti Heritage Center Will Examine Black Women’s Activism During Apartheid and Jim Crow
The Heritage Center on Sunday, in partnership with the Durham County Public Library, will host “Mother Of The Nation: Madie Hall Xuma And Black Women’s Global Activism During Jim Crow & Apartheid.”
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Parents of J’Mauri Bumpass Retract Claims that Durham Deputies Killed Their Son
The family alleged in a 2021 lawsuit that sheriff’s deputies shot Bumpass, 18, in 2019 and that the sheriff’s department covered up the killing.
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The INDY at 40: The Hometown Paper
The INDY’s seasoned staff writer reflects on his circuitous route through North Carolina newsrooms to his current role covering the Bull City today.
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‘Black Fire—This Time: Volume 1’ Is a Powerful Anthology of Black Writers
In the anthology, which features several Triangle writers, poetry is the main entrée. It’s a fitting coda for National Poetry Month.
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Stories of Durham’s Formerly Incarcerated Take Center Stage
April is National Second Chance Month, and if nothing else, the Bull City believes in the god of second chances.
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How Climate Change Is Impacting North Carolina and the Triangle
The INDY spoke with climate change scholars to better understand where we are and where we’re headed.