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Educating for Democracy

By Michael Schwalbe The latest case of right-wing Republican meddling in the curriculum of North Carolina’s public universities comes in the form of a proposed requirement, engineered by the political appointees who constitute the UNC…


‘Shame!’ LNG Plant Opponents Rage

By Lisa Sorg It took nearly two hours for dozens of opponents of a proposed liquified natural gas plant in Person County to ex­plain how the project—aspects of which have been crafted in secret—would harm…


Rethink Drug Legalization

Commentary by Carl Hintz Many people support the legalization of marijuana, and few people believe that tobacco, alcohol, or caffeine should be illegal. However, “hard drugs” such as cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids should also be…


On the Brink

Fighting to keep NC rape crisis centers open By Anna Lynch When I first joined the board of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center, or OCRCC, I never suspected that much of my mental energy…




Building Cross-Border Solidarity

Mexican journalist José Luis Granados Ceja visits the Triangle By Sharmîn Aziz On October 21st and 22nd, José Luis Granados Ceja visited Durham and Raleigh as part of the “Mexico Solidarity Tour.” José Luis lives…


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One Building at a Time Won’t Do

Tenant Organizing in a Red State by Alex Prolman, Emerson Goldstein, and Kristen Hefner At the peak of the pandemic housing crisis in Summer 2020, community organizers across the country started building tenant unions to…