The study also finds that the county’s Black residents accounted for a disproportionate percentage of the jail’s inmates.
Thomasi McDonald
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Fair Housing Advocates Make a Powerful Case for Tenants’ Rights Before Durham City Council Members
Council members referred a list of recommendations from Bull City Tenants United to the city’s manager and deputy city manager that proposes to shift the balance of power in landlord-tenant relationships.
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General Mark Milley to Speak at Duke This Week
Milley is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a former high-level adviser in the Trump administration.
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Updated: Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam is Running For Congress
Allam is the second candidate to formally announce her bid for retiring U.S. Rep. David Price’s seat in a newly drawn district.
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Durham is Moving Forward With Initiatives to Reimagine Policing, But Some Residents Are Skeptical About How They Will Work
Since the Black Lives Matter protests last year, enthusiasm for defunding the police has waned nationally and locally. But Durham’s Community Safety Program will be up and running next year.
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Durham Municipal Election: Coverage + Results
Check back for the latest in Durham’s general election.
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What’s Your Sign? New Study Looks at Zodiac and Serial Killers
According to a new study Capricorn is the deadliest sign in the zodiac. Scorpio, Cancer, Sagittarius, and Pisces make up nearly 40 percent of all serial killers.
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Activists File Petition Demanding Durham’s New Police Chief to Admit Wrongdoing in Deportation Case
The petition’s signatories accuse Patrice Andrews of direct involvement with the deportation of Samuel Oliver Bruno, who was in sanctuary at a west Durham church.
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Durham McDonald’s Workers Hold a Wildcat Strike to Demand a Living Wage and Protest Workplace Sexual Harassment
Wednesday’s protest in Durham was in concert with #Striketober, described by organizers as a wave of walkouts at McDonald’s locations in 10 cities across the United States.
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Remembering the Prolific Cary Guitarist Shaun Carrington, Who Shared Stages with Beyoncé, Jay-Z, and More
Carrington, 42, died in a fatal car accident on October 10. His family has started a GoFundMe for his four children.
