It’s the end of an era, Durham.
Thomasi McDonald
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Durham Parks Employees Say Their Bosses Created a Hostile Work Environment
They also allege that the city’s grievance process is stacked against them.
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Durham Pastor George Bloomer Says He Quit a Popular Black Christian Network After Its White Owner Sent Him a Racist Meme
According to a change.org petition, Bloomer left The Word Network after Kevin Adell sent an image of himself dressed as a pimp and black preachers as his “hoes.”
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Durham’s Historic Tubman YWCA, Which Came Days From Demolition, Has a New Lease on Life
“I’m hopeful that the revitalization of the Y will be a vehicle that helps our community.”
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Durham Elections Board Rejects Evidence-Free Claim That Javiera Caballero Isn’t a Citizen
“This anti-immigration rhetoric is sad for Durham, and quite frankly, painful for me.”
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With a Federal Grant, Some Low-Performing Durham Schools Are Starting to Improve. Is it Enough?
Eastway Elementary was one of five Durham schools that received a Schools Improvement Grant. Eastway’s grant was worth $3.2 million over five years.
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Rodrigo Dorfman’s Incendiary Email Attacking Black Activists Set Durham’s Progressive Community on Edge
The email came in response to a heated confrontation at the People’s Alliance’s August 21 endorsement meeting.
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Lawsuits: After a UNCG Nursing Student Complained About Sexual Harassment at WakeMed, Administrators Retaliated—Then Expelled Her. Twice.
According to a complaint, UNCG’s post-graduate nursing program has a “history of turning a blind eye towards sexual harassment and engaging in unlawful retaliation.”
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You Know J. Gunn as a Rapper. He’d Like Durham to Know Him as Councilman.
Though an underdog, Joshua Gunn has emerged as the most serious threat to the three at-large council incumbents.
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Durham City Council Votes to Add Density in Single-Family Neighborhoods Near Downtown
“Single-family zoning is indeed a vestige of racism, but simply removing that vestige of racism without cutting a check for all the equity and all the generational wealth that was generated over decades is not going to solve the problem.”