Formerly Incarcerated Raleigh Activist Buys NC Prison
Kerwin Pittman purchased the abandoned Wayne Correctional Center in Goldsboro to to create re-entry housing and a workforce campus for people who have served time.
Things to Do This Weekend in the Triangle
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“At the Festival, We’re All Family”: Reflections on the Ninth Annual African American Cultural Festival in Raleigh
This past Labor Day weekend marked an opportunity to experience Black Raleigh in full force at the ninth annual African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh and Wake County. Though the numbers aren’t in yet, an estimated forty thousand people participated in the festival this year. Artists came from as far as Denver and New Jersey,…
“What Will It Take for the City of Raleigh to Value Black Lives?” Residents Ask for an Oversight Board to Hold Police Accountable
Residents calling for a community oversight board to hold police accountable for what they believe are racist practices got into a heated exchange with Mayor Nancy McFarlane at last night’s Raleigh City Council meeting. Ten residents signed up to speak on the topic of policing, addressing police brutality, mental health, and immigration, among other things,…
ICE, U.S. DOJ Subpoena Voting Records From State, Forty-Four N.C. Counties
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sift through millions of voter records in an apparent “fishing exhibition” after subpoenaing poll books, voting records, and executed ballots last week. Assistant U.S. attorney Sebastian Kielmanovich issued the subpoenas Thursday to forty-four counties in North Carolina’s federal Eastern District, including Wake County. The probe spans five years, including…
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North Carolina’s Minimum Wage Needs to Be Raised. Local Living Wage Businesses Aren’t Waiting.
Just $4,916.00: that’s the amount you have to live on for an entire year if you earn minimum wage and rent a one-bedroom apartment in Durham County. How does that calculation work? Simple math: $15,080.00 is what a business can get away with paying a full-time worker at the current $7.25 minimum wage; $10,164 is…
Listen to “Back When I Cared,” A New Track from John Howie Jr.’s Forthcoming Solo Record
For more than twenty years, John Howie Jr. has been a stalwart champion of twangy tunes, with the electrifying Two Dollar Pistols as well as on his own. In a few weeks, he’s got a new record to add to his respectable collection: Not Tonight, which comes out September 21. Now, you can listen to…
Video: Watch Supporters and Opponents of Silent Sam Square Off on UNC-Chapel Hill’s Campus
Last night, about forty supporters of Silent Sam gathered at the base of the toppled monument on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus, where they were met by a good deal more counterprotesters. Before the night was out, three people were arrested, and the cops had deployed lots and lots of pepper spray. You can read UNC…
Cooper Files New Lawsuit Challenging the NCGA’s Constitutional Amendment Do-Overs. The NAACP Will Follow Suit.
The NAACP plans to file a second lawsuit after the state Supreme Court Wednesday rejected the NAACP and Governor Cooper’s efforts to remove the rewritten proposed constitutional amendments from the November ballot as part of lawsuits filed against the original amendments. Ballot printing is currently being delayed by the courts as several legal issues are…
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