“I feel like I deserve to be heard and acknowledged,” he says. “I exist.”
Thomasi McDonald
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The People’s Alliance PAC Hosts a Forum for Durham’s Municipal Candidates This Thursday
The two-and-a-half hour forum begins at 6 p.m. on Zoom.
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Show Me the Money: Reparations Scholar Is Not a Fan of Reparations Bill
Duke economist William Darity, who is leading research into the feasibility of reparations for descendants of slavery, opposes the only reparations-related bill in Congress.
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Durham Reinstates Its Mask Mandate as the Delta Variant Spreads Rapidly and ICUs Approach Capacity
Metrics, including case rates and hospitalizations, are increasing in Wake County. In Durham, the percentage of residents fully vaccinated has been dropping off since June.
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A Duke Economist Will Helm a Study on the Feasibility of Paying Reparations to the Descendants of Enslaved Black Americans
“The fact is that the claim for redress for Black American descendants of persons enslaved in the United States has not been met for 156 years.”
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Triangle Fares Poorly in ‘Renter Wage Gap,’ Study Says
The onset of the pandemic has been especially challenging for renters.
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Sunday Reading: Environmental Racism in Black Communities
This noxious history came to mind while reading Scalawag’s “A Lifetime of Damage on a Creosote Plume in Houston’s Fifth Ward.”
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New Report is Critical of TANF’s Legacy of Racism That Has Targeted Black Mothers
The damning report takes aim at the nations primary program for providing cash assistance to low-income families with children, calling it “steeped in racist ideas and policies” that “strip Black women of their dignity.”
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Durham City Councilwoman Will Introduce Tenants’ Bill of Rights at a Future Council Work Session
The tenant’s rights resolution, a work in progress, has garnered support from a handful of activist groups and comes amidst growing concerns about the end of the blanket federal moratorium on evictions and foreclosures.
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Members of Durham’s Racial Equity Task Force Respond to Berger’s Distorting Comments on Report
The Senate leader used the task force’s report on racial equity to make his case for banning critical race theory and affirmative action in a press conference last month.
