Leigh Tauss
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Raleigh, NC, United States
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Past articles by Leigh:
"The Nightmare of Every Community Has Come to Raleigh"
Five people are dead, including a police officer, and a suspect is in custody following a mass shooting in the Hedingham neighborhood in northeast Raleigh Thursday. → Read More
A Month After Raleigh Police Shot and Killed Daniel Turcios, His Family is Still Waiting for Answers and Demanding Justice
Activists and the family of Daniel Turcios are frustrated by a lack of answers for what they say is an unwarranted shooting. → Read More
Sunday Reading: Queen of Stripes
A sprawling, cinematic profile of the former "prison queen" of Huntsville, Texas sheds light on the stark reality of the incarceration system: no one gets out unscathed. → Read More
A Q&A With NC DHHS Secretary Kody Kinsley
The 37-year-old former chief operating officer and chief financial officer for the U.S. Department of the Treasury took over the state's Department of Health and Human Services from Dr. Mandy Cohen last month. → Read More
NC Supreme Court Tosses Gerrymandered GOP Maps
NC Supreme Court Tosses Gerrymandered GOP Maps Looks like it's back to the drawing board. → Read More
Three Things To Do This Wintry Weekend in the Triangle
If snow isn't your game, we have some alternatives. → Read More
Governor Cooper Vetoes Republican Bill to Delay Primary Election
Cooper called the bill "an additional attempt by Republican legislators to control the election timeline and undermine the voting process." → Read More
Raleigh Police Officers Who Kill Residents Are Rarely Charged. Will Daniel Turcios's Case Be Any Different?
Raleigh police chief Estella Patterson has placed the officers involved on administrative duty while the case is reviewed internally. Wake district attorney Lorrin Freeman will decide whether to pursue criminal charges. → Read More
Ready for Snow? Three Things to Do This Weekend in the Triangle
Ready for Snow? Three Things to Do This Weekend in the Triangle Should you brave the roads: we got you. → Read More
Sunday Reading: The Bull City's Hipster Bathroom Selfie War
Two Durham bar bathrooms "Lilac" and "Mustard" duke it out on Instagram with community-submitted selfies. → Read More
Twenty-two Things to Watch in 2022
The fight over gerrymandering, rising gun violence, and the pandemic's Omicron era will shape the next year. → Read More
"Anticipate Long Lines": Icy Roads Delay Wake County COVID Testing
Testing sites were delayed three hours Tuesday after freezing overnight temperatures. → Read More
Actor Mahershala Ali’s Star Power Is in Overdrive in ‘Swan Song’
Is this the deepest film ever made? Hardly. But it’s beautiful and thought-provoking and sad. Its central question will stick with you for days after. → Read More
Sunday Reading: Ahmaud Arbery and the White Privilege of Running
Arbery's three killers were convicted of felony murder this week. → Read More
Things to Do Thanksgiving Weekend in the Triangle
The turkey ain't cold yet. → Read More
N.C.'s Redrawn 6th Congressional District Packs Democrats Into One of Three Blue Seats. Will the March Primary Be a Race to the Left?
The question isn’t if a Democrat will win the 6th seat but which, and in turn what brand of progressive politics resonates most strongly with 2021 voters. → Read More
Sunday Reading: Aaron Rodgers Drops Ball on Vaccines, Misunderstands MLK, and Generally Comes Off as a Selfish Jerk
New Yorker: "Rodgers wasn’t lying, exactly, when he said that he’d been immunized—he was just telling his truth." → Read More
Looking For Things To Do in the Triangle This Weekend? We Got You
Check out a Jimmy Buffet musical at DPAC or hang with some rehabilitated wildlife at Botanist & Barrel. → Read More
Republicans Are Racing to Pass Gerrymandered Congressional and Legislative Maps Before the March Primary Candidate Filing Deadline
Democrats see lawsuits as their only recourse. → Read More
"No Children" by the Mountain Goats Finds a Surprising New Audience: Gen Z TikTokers
The 2002 song, by the way, is an extremely dark ballad about divorce. → Read More