Author Kwame Alexander and artist Dare Coulter kick off a nine-city national book tour on Thursday.
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Durham Mother Fights To Be Reunited With Her Children
Durham’s Department of Social Services wants a local mom to stop talking about the children it’s taken from her home.
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A Tribute to the Late Journalist James Powell
A praise song for former News & Observer journalist James Powell, who died this year.
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2022’s Hazards of Duke
Our list of Duke alumni who have been the most notoriously newsworthy this year.
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Finding the Holiday Spirit Under a Pecan Tree in Hillsborough
I wondered what people thought as they watched a stylishly attired middle-aged man with a blue beret jauntily perched atop his head harvesting pecans during a district court recess.
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Labor Rights Groups Petition State Officials for Workplace Protections During Public Health Crises
Grocery and big box store employees, along with fast food, construction and food processing workers, were deemed an “essential” labor during the COVID-19 pandemic. They did not have the luxury of working from home.
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ShotSpotter Goes Live in Durham on Thursday
Durham’s pilot ShotSpotter program is set to go live this week, but will it curb the city’s gun violence epidemic?
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Death Penalty Opponents Will Gather Outside Governor’s Mansion Saturday
Organizers with the NC Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NCADP) say this will be the state’s largest anti-death penalty gathering in more than a decade.
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Marlon’s Last Song: A Remembrance of Marlon Williams
Durham locals remember Marlon Williams, a beloved fixture of the city’s downtown bar scene.
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Organizers Plan ‘Freedom Schools’ Program in Durham
Durham groups plan to restart the Children’s Defense Fund “Freedom Schools” program this summer.
