“These residents aren’t saying ‘no’ to the project. They just want to be part of it.”
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Thomasi McDonald
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Braggtown Fights for Its Life and Soul Against the Forces of Gentrification
“I wonder about a future where no one who makes a certain amount of money gets to live in Durham anymore,” one Braggtown resident says.
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Durham’s Racial Equity Taskforce Issues a Visionary, Tough-Minded Report
The 60-page report may be uncomfortable for white Durhamites. “So be it,” its authors say.
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Durham City Manager Tom Bonfield Will Retire in September
Bonfield has served as city manager for 12 years.
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A White State Trooper’s Violent Encounter with Two Black Teens Results in No Charges and Many Questions
Raleigh attorneys filed a complaint for damages against the NC Department of Public Safety that accuses Sgt. Sean Luther Bridges and his fiancée of assaulting Xavier and Mahogany Atkinson, who were visiting their new home in Wendell.
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From Z’Yon Person to Tyvien Mclean, Durham Is Failing Its Most Vulnerable Innocents
“If we can’t protect this generation, how are we gonna have one later?” ask Durham residents.
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Durham’s County Manager Did Not Violate Its Code of Ethics with Letter Accusing a Commissioner of Racism
Wendell Davis sent the incendiary letter to County Commissioner Heidi Carter in February
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Durham Workers Join National Strike for Black Lives
“Corporations have been treating me like my life doesn’t matter for many years.”
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Latino Leaders Take Thom Tillis to Task for Misinformed, Racist Comments on the Coronavirus
“This type of misinformation is so irresponsible.”
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The Call for Reparations Is Ringing Out Again. Can Durham Get It Done?
Duke economist William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen are the coauthors of “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century,” which adds a persuasive argument to the growing chorus.
