Op-Ed

Durham is a safer community because Satana Deberry is in office.

In Durham County, we have a district attorney, Satana Deberry, who has too often offered ideology without accountability.

We can shift away from authoritarian control this year, a Raleigh City Council member writes, but voters must show up to the polls en masse for elections.

A Durham County commissioner warns efforts to reform property taxes could undermine public schools and other local services.

A longtime activist calls on voters to choose Representative Valerie Foushee in the 4th Congressional District primary.

The co-chair of the Chapel Hill High School Young Democratic Socialists of America calls for a primary challenge in the upcoming congressional race.

A city council member on how rewriting the Unified Development Ordinance will—and won’t—change development in Durham.

After federal agents swept up his client in Durham, an immigration attorney advocates for invoking a state law to mobilize a civilian militia to protect each other and our rights.

The Riverside High School Affordable Housing Club advocates for policies that would protect tenants living in dangerous conditions, and hold their landlords accountable.

After Hurricane Helene nearly cost a climate scholar and her son their lives, she says we don’t need more evidence of climate change—we need to focus on what we’ve done well and build on it.