‘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…
Back Yard
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…
Migrant Worker’s Death Prompts Calls for
Extreme Heat Labor Laws By Anne Blythe As the sun dipped toward the horizon, pulling the last streaks of daylight from the sky over North Carolina’s capital city, dozens of migrant workers raised flickering tealights….
City Workers and UE150 Union Win $6.5 Million
By Dante Strobino On September 6, 2023, over seventy sanitation workers in Solid Waste Management in the City of Durham did not load their trucks in protest of low pay. On the first day of…
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…
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…
Free School Lunches for Everyone
We kept millions of kids fed during the pandemic. Why stop now? By Peggy Chen From her small apartment in Durham, N.C., Marcella Thompson prepares healthy meals and groceries for the dozens of families that…
The Trumpian Question for UNC Administrators
Commentary by Gene Nichol This past July will be the last in the deanship of Dr. Van Dempsey of the University of North Carolina-Wilmington’s School of Education. That’s tough news for UNC-W and the UNC…
Self-Defense or State Terror?
Commentary by Rev. J Mark Davidson This has been the worst summer in decades for the Palestinian refugees barely surviving in the Jenin refugee camp. In June and July, Israel unleashed devastating military strikes, terrorizing…