Record #:

15786

Author(s):

Ross, Kirk

Abstract:

With local elections behind and the 2012 cycle cranking up, North Carolina has quickly become one of the most closely watched battleground states. It has a crucial role to play in the presidential election and control of the U.S. House.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 46, Sept 2011, p5, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Election forecasting

Record #:

15787

Author(s):

Smith, Maggie

Abstract:

Fifty million Americans face food insecurity--defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a lack of consistent access to enough nutritious food. North Carolina ranks 11th in child food insecurity with more than 603,000 children under age 18 experiencing food insecurity--27 percent of all children.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 47, Sept 2011, p11, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Child care

Record #:

15788

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

The fate of the landmark Racial Justice Act, the 2009 law to stop executions in capital cases in which the death sentence resulted from racial bias is in the hands of North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 48, Sept 2011, p9, 11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Capital punishment

Record #:

15789

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

A year and a half after it moved in, the Chapel Hill and Carrboro Human Rights Center is being given 90 days to leave Abbey Court, which for decades has housed some of the town's lowest income and most underserved residents. The center is embedded in the community, not just serving it, providing residents with access to services such as after-school tutoring, cooking classes, English lessons, and computer literacy classes.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 49, Dec 2011, p9, 65, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Human rights

Record #:

15790

Author(s):

Smith, Maggie

Abstract:

The South, in particular North Carolina, has the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses and HIV-related deaths in the U.S. About 35,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS in North Carolina, where high rates of the infection are partly caused by the large number of rural areas.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 50, Dec 2011, p7 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

AIDS (Disease)--Prevention; HIV infections

Record #:

15791

Author(s):

Lee, Jason Y.

Abstract:

At least a dozen North Carolina cities are opting in to a portion of a new gun law that allows them to ban concealed weapons in some public areas.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 50, Dec 2011, p9 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Gun control

Record #:

15792

Author(s):

Smith, Maggie

Abstract:

2012 could be a good year for chimpanzees now that a national report has recommended ending the use of chimps as research subjects. According to the report the National Institutes of Health should prohibit the use of chimpanzees in biomedical research except under stringent circumstances.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 28 Issue 51, Dec 2011, p5, 7 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Biomedical experimentation

Record #:

15837

Author(s):

Blackshaw, Anna

Abstract:

The Triangle is home to thousands of domestic workers from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities. These workers are now organizing in a growing movement to expose abuses and fighting for change.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 2, Jan 2012, p12-15, 17, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Domestic workers; Workers' rights

Record #:

15868

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Every 20 minutes on most nights in the 1950s, two telescopes in the New Mexico desert took pictures of the sky. When the Harvard-Smithsonian Meteor Study shoot ended in the late 1950s, thousands of pictures had documented that wedge of the universe. More than 40 years later, North Carolina astronomers Bob Hayward and Mike Castelaz of the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI) began examining the 40,000 images and found unexpected novae.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p5, 7, 9, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Astronomy; Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute (PARI)

Record #:

15871

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Since 1984, Clean Water for North Carolina has built alliances with disadvantaged communities, which lack the power and influence of lobbyists and lawmakers. Their latest concern: fracking and its economic, social, and environmental costs.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p15-17, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Water quality

Record #:

15872

Author(s):

Schwartz, Joe

Abstract:

Alexander Stephens and Hudson Vaughan came to Chapel Hill's historically African-American neighborhoods to document oral histories, and they found a community eager to share its story. As well as the people, the neighborhoods have a storied past with visitors such as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and James Brown.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p16, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968; Oral history--Chapel Hill

Record #:

15942

Author(s):

Ross, Kirk

Abstract:

During a recent political standoff over extending federal unemployment, those suffering most from the recession shared their personal stories of financial struggles. Citizens hoped their narratives would enlighten lawmakers and politicians who, by popular opinion, seem disconnected from real-life struggles. The outcome was Governor Bev Perdue signing an executive order in favor of unemployment benefit extension.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p5 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Unemployment; Politicians

Record #:

15944

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Astronomers from the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute are studying photographs taken from two New Mexico telescopes. Photographs taken as part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Meteor Study remained in New Mexico archives until North Carolinian scientists Bob Hayward and Mike Castelaz began looking at some of the 40,000 images. Already, after viewing just the first hundred photos, the men discovered documentation of an exploding star, a rare sight to be caught on film.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p5-9, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Astronomy

Record #:

15947

Author(s):

Khanna, Samiha

Abstract:

Charmaine Fuller Cooper is currently researching the controversial topic of the State's past eugenics policies. The eugenics program ended in 1974 with an estimated 7,600 women sterilized against their wills. Cooper, head of N.C. Justice for Sterilization Victims Foundation, is attempting to find compensation packages for approximately 3,000 victims.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 3, Jan 2012, p13-14, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Eugenics

Record #:

16287

Author(s):

Sorg, Lisa

Abstract:

Sorg details the difficulties facing undocumented immigrants in North Carolina.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 29 Issue 10, Mar 2012, p7, 49, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Immigration--Laws and legislation