Funding for crisis response teams like Durham’s HEART Program is at risk. The ACLU of North Carolina’s executive director calls on Congress to act.
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Op-Ed: Durham Public Schools Should “Listen to the Kids” In Spending MacKenzie Scott Money
Student journalists are disappointed with how Durham Public Schools spent $18 million from billionaire MacKenzie Scott and say district leaders should have listened to students’ needs.
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Durham County’s Next Hurdle in the Opioid Battle: Reaching Every Community
Durham County has made progress in addressing the opioid epidemic. But with Black residents continuing to die from overdoses at a disproportionate rate, the work is far from over.
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A Furloughed Foreign Aid Worker Says Trump Should Be More Like Ted Lasso
The Trump administration and Republican senators should take a note from Ted Lasso and “be curious, not judgmental” about the real value of USAID spending.
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Zero-Based Budgeting: A Fresh Start for Durham’s Budget
With chaos at the federal level and declining sales tax revenue, Durham’s budget needs to be airtight. Zero-based budgeting eliminates waste, boosts efficiency, and increases transparency.
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Op-Ed: Another DPS Budget Debacle and Still No Accountability
Students and staff pay the price for management’s budget mistakes. Durham Public Schools needs a real meet-and-confer policy so that workers can use our collective power to ensure transparency, accountability, and equity.
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Op-Ed: For Better Durham Schools and Politics, We Need More Righteous Anger
The problem isn’t a lack of unity.
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A Letter from the INDY’s New Editor-in-Chief
For nearly 20 years, I’ve been an INDY reader like you.
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Op-Ed: Join the Bull City Mayor’s Veganuary Challenge
Durham, let’s invest in sustaining our health, our planet, and exploring new things by taking the Bull City Mayor’s Veganuary Challenge and making the pledge to explore plant-based diets throughout the month.
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Op-Ed: If We’re In This Together at Durham Public Schools, We Need to Act Like It
It’s easy to get angry and blame others for problems at DPS; it’s a lot harder to figure out how to support each other, but community problems have community solutions.