Op-Eds
Op-Ed: We Should All Be Concerned About the House Select Committee on Property Tax Reduction and Reform
A Durham County commissioner warns efforts to reform property taxes could undermine public schools and other local services.
Backtalk: Come for the storytelling, stay for the housing commentary
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Backtalk: “Just send your kids to public schools.”
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Backtalk: “This is all so fundamentally unfair.”
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Op-Ed: With Immigration Officers in The Triangle, It’s Time to Reactivate the State Defense Militia
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.
Backtalk: “A further erosion of our country’s foundational separation of church and state.”
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Backtalk: “We need not pass bad policy for good reasons.”
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Backtalk: “Go get your Gravestones by Blackstone”
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Op-Ed: Durham Needs a Tenant Protection Ordinance
The Riverside High School Affordable Housing Club advocates for policies that would protect tenants living in dangerous conditions, and hold their landlords accountable.
Backtalk: “Apologize and retract”
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Op-Ed: Climate Positivity—It’s What We Need
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.
Op-Ed: We Can’t Address Durham’s Affordable Housing Crisis One Rezoning at a Time
It’s time for Durham, starting with its elected leaders, to commit to a comprehensive, evidence-based investment in housing affordability.
Planning for the Durham School of the Arts Campus Should Start Now
DSA’s move presents a rare opportunity: 17 acres in the heart of Durham that can be used for public good. A former school board member says local leaders should start planning for the site’s future now.
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