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How NC Is Rising Up Against Trump’s

Anti-Immigrant Crackdown By Chris Kromm United States Border Patrol gave city leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, just two days’ notice before unleashing “Operation Charlotte’s Web” on November 15, the latest in a series of immigration…


Duke Grad Student Union’s Historic Win

By Max Tendler After two years of strikes and 32 negotiation sessions with University administration, Duke Graduate Student Union has ratified its first contract—the first agreement for unionized graduate students in the South. DGSU members…


“We didn’t lose, we learned”

Amazon Union Campaign Expands to Durham By Brandon Kingdollar The campaign to unionize Amazon has set its sights on Dur­ham, with Carolina Amazonians United for Solidarity and Em­powerment launching an organizing drive outside the company’s…



Mucking Through Local Democracy

Commentary by Gwen Frisbie-Fulton One of my favorite photos of my friend Jason Dunkin is a selfie he took where he’s grinning ear to ear. He’s sitting across from his local city commissioners, who are…


Student Workers and University Politics

By R Allen Wight In March of this year at UNC Chapel Hill, the winning candidate for president of the Graduate and Professional Student Govern­ment (GPSG) was disqualified for a minor in­fraction against election rules….