“It is not okay to sit on the dais and espouse words of equity when your deeds and actions diametrically oppose the principles of egalitarianism and fairness.”
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Thomasi McDonald
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Quickbait: The Toxic Soup at McDougald Terrace
What science says about the conditions and potential hazards families have been living with at the Mac.
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“History in the Making”: The 12 Women of Color on Durham Ballots This Year Gather for a Forum at Ebenezer Baptist
“You will never find a more powerful and diverse group of women in North Carolina or across the country.”
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J’Mauri Bumpass’s Family Thinks His Cell Phone Could Shed Light on His Final Minutes. The DCSO Isn’t Giving It Up.
“If the Sheriff’s Office knows that J’Mauri shot himself, then whether it was intentional or accidental, why does it matter to them what’s in his phone or his Snapchat?”
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Durham Sheriff’s Office Says the SBI Declined to Investigate Teen’s Reported Traffic-Stop Suicide
The DCSO also said it couldn’t provide the family of J’Mauri Bumpass—whom sheriff’s deputies say fatally shot himself during a traffic stop on December 15—with additional records.
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The Fiery Young Jazz Trumpeter and the Woman Who Killed Him in “I Called Him Morgan”
The Netflix film, which draws on reporting by North Carolina jazz griot Larry Reni Thomas, screens at Provident1898 this week.
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In “Crimson Letters,” North Carolina Inmates Describe a Bleak Life on Death Row
“The true genius of prison as punishment is not to lock men in cages or condemn them to die, but to starve them of love.”
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What Happened to J’Mauri Bumpass?
The Sheriff’s Office says the 18-year-old shot himself after being pulled over, but his family says none of it makes sense.
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Fresh Off of Not Testifying to Congress, John Bolton Is Coming to Duke
The mustachioed menace could have broken his silence when it counted, but hey, dude’s got a book to sell
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McDougald Terrace Tensions Flare at Town Hall Meeting
The Mac’s residents council president says she received death threats. Jillian Johnson says those who have been most victimized by the housing crisis are looking for someone to blame.
