“It’s very important that everyone wears a mask, or some sort of facial covering, when out in the public, but especially in places when social distancing is difficult.”
Thomasi McDonald
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Scholars Say COVID-19 Has Exposed America’s Racial Fault Lines
“Communities love to be generous in terms of diversity and inclusion when money is flowing and times are great, but less so when they are not.”
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Should the Durham City Council Hold a Special Election to Replace Vernetta Alston?
The People’s Alliance and Durham Committee have asked. But the city charter directs the council to appoint her replacement.
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No Place Is Home: Being Homeless Amid the Coronavirus
Health officials don’t know how many of the state’s homeless have COVID-19.
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Vernetta Alston Leaves Durham City Council, Headed to General Assembly
She’ll fill the seat left vacant by MaryAnn Black’s death last month.
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Durham County Moves 250 Shelter Residents into the RTP Marriott
“Any type of group situation is vulnerable. People experiencing homelessness are in a vulnerable situation.”
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Durham DA Frees 9 as Part of Effort to Reduce Prison Population
“COVID-19 is already impacting our state prisons; both staff and incarcerated people have tested positive.”
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Cooper Asks Hotels and Colleges to Shelter COVID-19 Patients With Unstable Housing
“These types of alternatives will help people who have no other safe options to self-isolate or social distance while we slow the spread of this virus.”
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As Coronavirus Spreads, NC Prisons to Stop Accepting New Inmates
“It has gotten into three of our prisons, and we must contain it there to the greatest degree possible.”
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Days Before Easter, Passover, and Ramadan, Local Faith Leaders Tell Believers to Use Technology to Stay Connected
“For some Christian traditions, for someone to think they’re missing a service, it might even lead to a thought of a mortal sin or some kind of deep, sinful practice. But this is not how you have to think about this.”
