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Feeding the Bull City: How Durham is ‘In This Together’ on May 16 and beyond...
The YMCA of the Triangle opened its doors on Monday night to approximately 150 volunteers, who packed over 4,000 meal bags. (Brian Kennedy and Jessica Burroughs contributed to this post.) — North...
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Lawsuit tries to muzzle opponents of Durham charter school in environmentally...
Discovery Charter School would be built on 58 acres over three parcels: 501, 505 and 717 Orange Factory Road. Many neighbors oppose the siting because of the school’s proximity to the Little River, a...
View ArticleJudge condemns Silent Sam, doesn’t punish man who punched protester
In a bizarre turn of events earlier this week, an Orange County district court judge condemned the “Silent Sam” Confederate statue and UNC-Chapel Hill for displaying it…but declined to punish a man for...
View ArticleDurham, development and gentrification
Worth your time today: an interesting long-read in the News & Observer about Durham’s boom – and whether minority-owned businesses have benefited. (Spoiler: It does not appear that they have.) From...
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Duke University is killing regional light rail, while air pollution from cars...
Archival photo of the Personal Rapid Transit, a tram line at Duke Medical Center, from Duke Today. The PRT operated from 1979 to 2009. The irony is not lost on me, or many people, that the heart of...
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Julian Castro joins “Fight for 15” rally in Durham
Democratic presidential candidate Julian Castro marches with workers in Durham who rallied Thursday for a $15 minimum wage and the right to unionize. Photo by Aditi Kharod Democratic presidential...
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Durham prosecutors no longer seeking cash bail in most cases
The Durham County District Attorney’s Office has stopped seeking cash bail in most cases, it announced in a statement Tuesday afternoon. Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry “Research shows...
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After “A Decade Without a Raise” workers, elected officials call for raising...
Dayosha Davis of Durham. Dayosha Davis works in fast food, lives in public housing in Durham and struggles to provide for her two children. Child care starts at $250 a week, she said, which is...
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Durham DA to speak at Black August in the Park’s BOND*ference event
Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry. Last week NC Policy Watch spoke with Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry about the progressive changes she’s brought to her office and the results she’s...
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Plastic is not fantastic: Durham considers 10-cent fee on single-use bags
Photo by Lisa Sorg They clutter the gutters and girdle the turtles. They snag in the trees and float in the seas. Plastic bags are strangling the planet. To reduce the amount of plastic waste in...
View ArticleFight for 15 movement to host weekend “Worker Power Summit”
North Carolina’s low wage workers continue their campaign for a living wage and union representation this weekend with a “Worker Power Summit” in Durham. More than 100 workers are expected to...
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Durham immigrant workers paid back more than $13,000 in stolen wages
Durham immigrant workers hold their checks repaying them more than $13,000 in stolen wages. (Photo courtesy of Siembra NC) For the third time this year a group of largely undocumented Latinx immigrant...
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Annual report documents continuing progressive changes in Durham DA’s office
Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry Last year Policy Watch reported on Durham District Attorney Satana Deberry’s progressive overhaul of that office’s policies, including the choice not to seek...
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This weekend: Greensboro Event explores impact of court fines and fees
This weekend the The North Carolina Fines and Fees Coalition and the Aspen Institute Financial Security Program are holding an event in Greensboro examining the impact of court fines, fees and...
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NC’s first elected Muslim woman overcame challenges, faces new ones with...
Nida Allam made history last month, becoming the first Muslim woman elected to public office in North Carolina. But the job — indeed, the world — will be very different from the one she imagined when...
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Here’s another unexpected fallout from COVID-19: More trash, recyclables and...
The broken coffee pot. The mound of take-out containers. The lawn chair with the missing leg. As more North Carolinians are forced to stay at home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they are also...
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NCDOT, Dominion excluded top Durham officials from discussions on proposed...
The large green dot on the left panel shows the beginning of the proposed natural gas pipeline, along the American Tobacco Trail near Herndon Park on Scott King Road in Durham — roughly Mile Marker...
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Death of George Floyd hits home for Durham County commissioner
The death of George Floyd after a former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on his neck has revived painful memories for Durham County Commissioner Brenda Howerton. “My heart is heavy,”...
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Dominion backs off plan to build natural gas pipeline along part of American...
This was the proposed route of a Dominion natural gas pipeline along the American Tobacco Trail. On left, the green dot represents Herndon Park near Scott King Road in Durham. The pipeline would have...
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NCDOT apologizes to Durham leaders for failing to inform them about proposed...
NCDOT Chief Deputy Secretary David Howard (Photo: DOT) Yet a mid-level Durham employee knew about the proposal in 2018 but never informed city leaders. The state Department of Transportation...
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