Sara Pequeño
Indy Week
Durham, NC, United States
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Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Board Honors Stanley Vickers and His Family's Work to Integrate Area Schools
“We knew it then: every child should have a right to a good education. We have come a ways, but there is still a long way to go.” → Read More
15 Minutes: Shenekia Weeks, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer for the Town of Chapel Hill
"At the individual level, we have to normalize the conversation around race. That is uncomfortable for people, it can be, and so part of my role is normalizing that process." → Read More
Congressman David Price Visits Ridgewood Mobile Home Park to Show Solidarity with Residents
Some issues have been corrected since the residents' press conference last month. There's still a lot more to take care of. → Read More
Three Ways to Have a Fun Sunday in the Triangle
Rabbit rabbit. Enjoy the first day of August, everyone. → Read More
Three Ways to Spend Your Saturday in the Triangle
If you're going outside at all, be sure to bring lots of water. → Read More
The Orange County Board of Commissioners Looks to Make Its Fourth-Ever Appointment This September
The Orange County Board of Commissioners has had only three vacancy appointments since the 1950s. → Read More
Sunday Reading: The Human Cost of Cheap Chicken
Durham's own Scalawag Magazine reports on the human cost to keep chicken prices down amid a pandemic. → Read More
Orange County's Election Season Is Underway. Get to Know Some of the Candidates.
Orange County candidates have filed and are gearing up for Election Day on November 2. → Read More
Residents of Orange County's Ridgewood Mobile Home Park Are Organizing After a Hedge Fund Acquired the Property
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UNC Police Chief Resigns After Less Than Two Years on the Job
Rasheem Holland, who scuffled with student protestors last week during the tenure vote for Nikole Hannah-Jones, will serve as interim chief. → Read More
Nikole Hannah-Jones Finally Granted Tenure by UNC Trustees, Following Weeks of Protest and Outcry From the University Community
Four trustees voted against tenureship for the acclaimed journalist in a special meeting held Wednesday afternoon. → Read More
Surry County Made National News for Its Commissioners' Conservative Showmanship. It's Not the First Time.
Turns out, this piece of political theater did ultimately hurt only the 37 people who work at Surry County’s Coca-Cola bottling plant, and Coca-Cola Consolidated, its parent company in Charlotte. → Read More
Breaking Down Where Your Tax Money Will Go This Year If You Live In Orange County
Tax rates may be lower but residents could end up paying more due to property revaluations. → Read More
Thom Tillis and Other Republican Senators Try to Keep 'The 1619 Project’ Out of Schools
Tillis is trying to protect our state's children from the “radical ideology” that slavery was bad. → Read More
Nikole Hannah-Jones's Experience with UNC Is Emblematic Of a Common Struggle for Black Women in Academia
UNC-Chapel Hill’s refusal to grant tenure to acclaimed journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones is emblematic of the systemic racism chronicled in The 1619 Project. → Read More
Southern Alamance High School’s Yearbook Documented What Happened This School Year. Parents Are Furious.
Parents are calling it “one-sided” and calling for action from the school board. → Read More
A New Exhibition at the NC Museum of Art Is a Fresh, Intimate Look at the Way We Grow Up
Curated by Maya Brooks the exhibit showcases not just what it means to grow up, but who gets to be shown doing it. → Read More
Duke Gardens to Reopen in June to the Public
It's the first time the gardens have been open to the public in more than a year. → Read More
15 Minutes: Erin Linn and Her Third-Grade Class at Durham’s Central Park School for Children
The students raised more than $2,000 for the Animal Protection Society of Durham. → Read More
Cooper Doesn't Want You to Worry About Mask Tan Lines, Relaxes COVID Guidelines A Little More
Masks are still strongly encouraged in crowds and where social distancing is tough. → Read More