According to a report released days after nine-year-old Z’yon Person was killed, 662 people were shot in the Bull City between 2016 and 2018.
Thomasi McDonald
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Americans Pretend Racism Is a Relic. UNC Alum Nikole Hannah-Jones, Who Envisioned the NYT’s 1619 Project, Says It’s Time to Stop Hiding From Our Sins.
“The United States is a nation founded on both an ideal and a lie.”
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An Editor at Duke University Press, Known for Its LGBTQ Titles, Says She Was Bullied Because of Her Gender Identity
In August, Sara Leone filed a grievance alleging that she was “subjected to a nonstop, hostile barrage of unethical work practices and verbiage.”
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Kamala Harris: Civil Rights Are Part of the American Identity
The day the KKK gathered in Hillsborough, the presidential candidate told the Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People that the civil rights issues are about more than the “race card.”
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The Ida B. Wells Society, Which Aims to Boost Investigative Reporters of Color, Relocates to UNC-Chapel Hill
Cofounder Nikole Hannah-Jones, a UNC alum, is now a staff writer at the NYT Magazine, where she envisioned the recent landmark 1619 Project.
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ThIs Year, the DHA Has Filed 30 Times More Eviction Cases Than Its Raleigh Counterpart. It’s Promising Reform.
Some advocates are cautiously optimistic. One resident isn’t impressed.
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Phil Freelon’s Works Will Inspire Generations Not Yet Born. But His Most Important Monument Is His Family.
A remembrance of the Durham master architect, Phil Freelon, who led the design team for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
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Congressman David Price Joins Lawmakers Calling for Impeachment Proceedings Against Trump
“This will build upon the investigations of the President’s grave offenses already underway, giving these inquiries focus and the maximum ability to obtain information in the face of the president’s stonewalling and resistance,” Price said.
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Pierce Freelon Is Running for North Carolina State Senate
Freelon, who ran for mayor in Durham in 2017, will now vie for the seat left open by Floyd McKissick’s appointment to the public utilities commission. McKissick says the seat until he’s confirmed by the Senate and he’s tendered his resignation.
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J. Gunn Announces His Run for Durham City Council
“My entire life has been about representing my city,” Durham’s biggest booster said today in an Instagram post.
