In the last two weeks, in the context of student protests against genocide in Gaza, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors passed a measure in committee to repeal the state’s DEI policy and replace it with a policy focused on “equality” and “campus neutrality.” The policy notes that “No unit may be organized, […]
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Posted inAnimals, Chapel Hill, From the archives
The Mystery of the Hippo in the Mill Race Branch
On the banks of Mill Race Branch, a tributary of Bolin Creek off Hillsborough Road, not too far from the coal ash pit upon which the Chapel Hill Police Department sits, new development was coming. It was the summer of 1995, and as with so many new developments in Chapel Hill, a controversy was brewing. […]
Posted inElection 2023, Orange County
Dispatch from Hillsborough: There’s an election here, too
Hillsborough has the same big challenges that our neighbors do: tremendous growth pressure, shrinking affordability, water and wastewater needs, and transportation needs for carbon reduction and fostering a connected community. The decisions the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners make on these issues and others have an impact not just on Hillsborough itself, but on the surrounding […]
Posted inCHALT, Chapel Hill, Election 2023
Scoop: The $120,000 PAC is back. And they’re giving their money to CHALT.
On September 12, the Daily Tar Heel reported that the $120,000 PAC led by Julia Grumbles would not be forming. In an email sent by Grumbles to neighbors on September 18th, the reason becomes clear: instead of forming a new PAC, they plan to donate tens of thousands of dollars to the existing CHALT PAC, […]
Posted inCarrboro, Greenway, Journalism
“Both Sides” Journalism Plagues Indy Week’s Story on the Bolin Creek Greenway
In recent months, Indy Week, our region’s alternative newspaper, has published some terrific investigative pieces, from Lena Gellar’s investigative work uncovering Durham’s city attorney asking Wikipedia to reveal who was editing “unflattering” information about the mayor and two council members, to Thomasi McDonald’s deep-dive looking at Durham Council Member DeDreana Freeman’s alleged physical assault of […]
Posted inLegislature, Orange County
Why is Renee Price voting with Republicans in the NC General Assembly?
Last month, IndyWeek reported that six local Democrats in the state House supported a new bill, HB 551, that would ban municipalities from adopting rules preventing tenant discrimination, making it more difficult for low-income residents of North Carolina to find places to live. Tenants groups across the state have opposed the bill. Among the Dems […]