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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A teacher’s point of view By Carl Hintz I started teaching in Wake County in December of 2021. I currently teach physical science and chemistry. As a new teacher, I can speak to some of…
By Rebekah Barber The student loan pause offered a safety raft to millions of Americans who are drowning in debt. The Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 decision to block student debt relief will devastate these borrowers,…
Commentary by Carl Hintz The “cultural wars” have reared their ugly heads in North Carolina. As an enthusiast of cultural anthropology, this saddens me. Culture is a shared system of meaning, not something to have…