Record #:

15629

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

Chapel Hill leaders raced against state legislature halting development in order to enact the construction of a moratorium in the town's two historically affordable African-American neighborhoods of Northside and Pine Knolls.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 25, June 2011, p5, 7, map Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Moratoriums--Chapel Hill; Construction--Legislation; African American neighborhoods--Chapel Hill

Record #:

15630

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

Drug Treatment Courts, which began in North Carolina in 1995 and expanded in 2001, operate on referrals from the traditional courts, alternative sentencing programs and probation officers. They are geared toward non-violent, high-risk, repeat drug offenders, most of whom have been charged with misdemeanors.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 24, June 2011, p13 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Drug Treatment Courts

Record #:

15631

Author(s):

Kapatos, Kristine

Abstract:

In 1993, Congress passed \"Don't Ask, Don't Tell;\" since then, more than 14,000 service members have been fired, according to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Last December, Congress passed a measure to repeal DADT, which President Obama signed. The next step will require the president, defense secretary, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to certify the repeal.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 23, June 2011, p9, 13 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Homosexuality--Armed forces

Record #:

15632

Author(s):

Cowell, Rebekah L.

Abstract:

In 2009, the board of commissioners for Chatham County unanimously adopted a resolution acknowledging that undocumented immigrants live in and contribute to their communities. The resolution went on to ask the local law enforcement decline to enter into agreements with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws. Recent voting to rescind this resolution is causing problems associated with racial profiling, civil rights violations, and immigration concerns.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 23, June 2011, p11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Immigration--Laws and legislation

Record #:

15633

Author(s):

Cowell, Rebekah L.

Abstract:

SCAAP is a federal program administered through the Bureau of Justice Assistance that provides funds to local law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement receives the money to jail undocumented immigrants who have been convicted of one felony or two misdemeanors. Congress is proposing cutting the program by more than 60 percent by 2012.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 23, June 2011, p13, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Immigration--Laws and legislation; Law enforcement--Finance

Record #:

15634

Author(s):

Begos, Kevin

Abstract:

In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of minorities were sterilized. In this era, a new interest in the sterilization of certain groups was renewed not only in the South but also in places like California. In many cases, the sterilization was not voluntary.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 22, June 2011, p7, 9, 11, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Minorities--Social conditions; Sterilization; Eugenics

Record #:

15635

Author(s):

Fain, Travis

Abstract:

Proposed changes to rule that govern medical malpractice lawsuits are supposed to reduce costs and attract more doctors to North Carolina. Yet two companies, Medical Mutual and MAG Mutual, enjoyed record-breaking financial years even without these changes, noting massive success rates in winning malpractice suits.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 22, June 2011, p13 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Malpractice

Record #:

15637

Author(s):

Begos, Kevin

Abstract:

Nationwide, bankers, ministers, journalists, and politicians rallied behind a second wave of forced sterilization after World War II. Begos examines the beginning of this movement in a three-part article on the reasoning behind the movement, the people affected, public relations and campaigns, and the issue of race.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 20, May 2011, p17-22, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sterilization; Eugenics

Record #:

15638

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Flaming water, explosions, toxic spills; despite the dangers of fracking, North Carolina lawmakers want to legalize it.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 19, May 2011, p17-21, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fracking (Engineering)--North Carolina

Record #:

15639

Author(s):

Riechers, Dan

Abstract:

Falls Lake is required to meet the Environmental Protection Agency's most basic water classification determined by the Clean Water Act--that it be swimmable and fishable. But the lake doesn't meet that standard. Since 2010, Falls Lake, including the lower portion where Raleigh gets its drinking water, has failed state and federal water quality standards. The Falls Lake rules are supposed to fix that.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 18, May 2011, p14-17, map, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water quality

Record #:

15781

Author(s):

Currin, Grayson Haver

Abstract:

For all its LED-emblazoned Ferris wheel and high-anxiety ride spectacle, the North Carolina State Fair is nothing if not a cobweb of nostalgia. For hours on end, and for a lowly few dollars, one can wander through halls of local produce, in well groomed petting zoos, stand in line for hand-churned ice cream, or listen to the likes of George Jones and Willie Nelson.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 42, Oct 2011, p43, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fairs--North Carolina

Record #:

15782

Author(s):

Lee, Jason Y.

Abstract:

Since the morning of Saturday, October 15, a group of citizens from Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and other towns have encamped at the Peace and Justice Plaza in front of the post office on East Franklin Street. They are Occupy Chapel Hill, the local offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 43, Oct 2011, p9, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Social movements

Record #:

15783

Author(s):

Smith, Maggie

Abstract:

Last May, the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area was ranked as the country's top locale of gender equality in the workforce but a recent lawsuit against UNC Hospitals heightens pay and gender issues.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 43, Oct 2011, p11 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Pay equity

Record #:

15784

Author(s):

Ross, Kirk

Abstract:

State and federal officials are now reviewing procedures for handling fire management near environmentally sensitive habitats after fire crews plowed a section of Sandy Run Savannas State Natural area, known to contain a number of rare and endangered plants.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 44, Nov 2011, p9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Fire fighters

Record #:

15785

Author(s):

Bouloubasis, Victoria

Abstract:

A report released in September 2011 by Oxfam American and the Farm Labor Organizing Committee details the human rights abuses in North Carolina's tobacco industry while unveiling detailed claims of exploitation and mistreatment of undocumented workers in tobacco fields throughout the state.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 45, Sept 2011, p7, 9, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Tobacco industry