A rally organized by the Poor People’s Campaign last week in Raleigh was part of a yearlong crusade in support of the poor and low-wage workers.
Moral Monday
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“I Was Doing It for My Patients”: Dr. Charlie van der Horst on His Life Fighting for Justice
The renowned UNC physician and AIDS researcher, who died this weekend, reflects in a previously unpublished interview on what led him to advocacy.
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North Carolina Shows Why Progressives Lost the Internet
Duke alumna Jen Schradie’s new book argues that conservative activists have an inherent digital advantage.
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2019 Food Triangle: Venerated Crook’s Corner Chef Bill Smith’s Legacy Will Endure Long After His Retirement
Bill Smith is known for many things beyond an affinity for union-made beer. As a foremost expert on Southern food, his recipes are nationally recognized.
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Op-ed: Satana Deberry Is Right Not to Seek Craig Hicks’s Execution
William J. Barber II and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove argue that the Durham DA’s decision is the kind of “bold and decisive action that it will take to reconstruct a legal system based on retribution.”
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Durham Attorney Scott Holmes Challenges N.C. Court Fees as Unconstitutional
A group including the ACLU of North Carolina and the Southern Coalition for Social Justice is challenging the constitutionality of court fees being levied in North Carolina. Durham attorney Scott Holmes filed a constitutional challenge to the court costs statute today in Wake Court Superior Court, saying the state constitution requires such fees to go […]
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NAACP Estimates More Than 80K Turned Out to Protest Trump at the Moral March on Raleigh
Becky Goldman was born to march. “My parents are animal rights activists and they had a protest sign in my hand since I was in a stroller,” she said. On Saturday, the sign in Goldman’s hand displayed a brief message: “OMG GOP WTF.” It was adorned with the kind of plastic gemstones one buys to […]
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The Morning Roundup: Durham PD Holds Media-Free Meeting,
Happy Tuesday, everyone. Let’s jump in:1) The Durham Police Department meets with residents to “discuss” Frank Clark shooting. Less than a week after an officer (or officers) shot and killed a Durham man in McDougald Terrace, local residents, law enforcement and a member of the City Council converged on the T.A. Grady Recreation Center to […]
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Church on Monday: The Reverend William Barber’s Moral Day of Action Marches on the Capitol
Malaki Spencer squeezes his fingers into his palm and throws a fist into the air, nodding his head as a young woman opens up about the struggles facing those, like her, who are trying to put themselves through college on a minimum wage salary. “How are we supposed to live? Tell me,” Spencer says. “How […]