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| Community organizer files for Durham council seat |
| Thursday, August 5, 2021 |
| DURHAM – AJ Williams, a community leader and organizer, has filed as a Durham City Council Ward 3 candidate. The Durham-born racial justice organizer and progressive candidate intends to draw on his lived experience and relationships in frontline communities to represent Durham residents. Williams’ platform is focused on four key strategies: |
| Law increases funds for domestic violence, sexual assault programs |
| Wednesday, July 28, 2021 |
| DURHAM – Domestic violence and sexual assault advocates and agencies throughout the state are elated President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill they say is literally “lifesaving.” Known as the VOCA Fix, the law increases funding for the Victims of Crime Act. “I am grateful for all of the survivors and advocates who reached out |
| COVID creates additional challenges for those leaving incarceration |
| Thursday, July 22, 2021 |
| When Jeff Walker came out of incarceration, all he had were the clothes on his back. He was directionless, stigmatized. He didn’t have support. He didn’t have anything. That was five years ago. People leaving jails and prisons and reentering society during the COVID-19 pandemic faced the same stigma, the same lack of direction — all while |
| Durham fast-food workers continue fight for living wage |
| Thursday, July 22, 2021 |
| Durham fast-food, restaurant and grocery store workers staged their latest strike for a living wage and better benefits Tuesday in front of the McDonald’s on Apex Highway. Durham was joined nationally by workers in 15 cities, including Charlotte. It’s been 12 years since the last federal minimum wage increased to the current $7.25 an hour. |
| Calls for Wake County magistrate reforms |
| Wednesday, July 21, 2021 |
| RALEIGH – Protestors are raising concerns about how they're being treated by Wake County magistrates after a member of the North Carolina People's Budget Coalition was arrested for attempting to make a public comment on the state budget at a House Appropriations Committee meeting last month. Kathy Greggs, president and co-founder of the Fayetteville |
| Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP celebration of John Lewis’ legacy |
| Sunday, July 18, 2021 |
| CARRBORO — The Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP hosted a “Good Trouble Celebration of Rep. John Lewis’s Legacy” to mark the one-year anniversary of Lewis’ passing, joining over 150 vigils taking place around the country. More than 150 community members gathered to call on Congress to pass critical legislation protecting the freedom |
| Affordable cottage-style housing coming to SE Raleigh |
| Thursday, July 15, 2021 |
| Every time he visits his old stomping ground on Lane Street in Raleigh, LeVelle Moton can still see his grandmother sitting on her porch watching him walk to the local store or playing in the street with friends. They didn’t have much in the projects, except each other. Now, Moton’s dream to help rebuild the area he grew up in is slowly coming |
| Acclaim, fundraising spread unevenly among Black colleges |
| Wednesday, July 14, 2021 |
| ATLANTA — Two recent high-profile faculty appointments could be a fundraising and enrollment bonanza for Howard University, one of the nation’s most prestigious Black colleges. Many other Black schools are not so fortunate; in fact, many are struggling. Some, especially smaller private colleges, have been fighting for their survival for years, |
