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After three Durham cyclists were recently killed by motorists, the Bike Durham public forum was held. The forum had area cyclists discuss the need for a new bike plan, education for drivers, and better enforcement of traffic laws.
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Bruce Thomas, after serving 17 years in prison and 17 years of parole, explains how he struggled because of the constraints of his parole but how he has improved his life and finally gotten out of the system.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 9, March 2015, p7, por Periodical Website
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A photographer chronicles two married women and their family after states overturned amendments banning same-sex marriage.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 13, April 2015, p10-11, il Periodical Website
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Governor Pat McCrory's 2013 budget includes hiring 1,800 new teachers. McCrory supporters believe this is a progressive step in education reform. Skeptics claim 1,800 new teachers is an appeasement and only begin to make-up for the 4,300 teaching positions lost before and during the recession.
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John Manuel, author of "The Canoeist," takes his inspiration from the two notable rivers in Durham, NC, the Haw River and the New Hope Valley. Manuel is also the author of several published books including The Lonely One, The Natural Traveler, and The Lower Canyons.
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Despite dismal events, 2015 was a year for restoring hope that the future will be better. The year saw real headway at the presidential-election level thanks to Bernie Sanders, and there is more effort to address climate change. Raleigh has pledged to get serious about affordable housing and Wake County proposed a high-quality bus transit using a half-cent sales tax.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 51, Dec 2015, p13 Periodical Website
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Each year, INDY compiles a list of favorite local LPs and Eps. Among the twenty-five best albums of 2015 are music by Phil Cook, Sarah Shook & The Disarmers, Earthly, Boulevards, Des Ark, and See Gulls.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 51, Dec 2015, p17-20, il Periodical Website
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Indy Weekly compiled a list of twenty-seven reasons why they love North Carolina and the Triangle area. Among the list are reasons related to activism, theater and arts, food, culture, sports, community resilience, and history.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 4, Feb 2017, p10-14, il Periodical Website
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When it comes to public infrastructure, Wilson, North Carolina, has long been ahead of the curve. However, Wilson has been prohibited from extending internet services beyond the county to rural communities. State representatives are considering a range of options, including changes in public-private partnerships.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 43, Nov 2016, p10-11, il Periodical Website
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North Carolina lawmakers met for a short session focused on the state’s sales tax, House Bill 2, public education, police accountability, and clean water supplies. These have been hot-pressing issues and controversial topics of debate over the last few months.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 27, July 2016, p10-13, il Periodical Website
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North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory has made a number of controversial decisions regarding civil rights, social issues, education, the environment, and transparent governance. This issue of Indy Weekly compiled a list of sixty-six reasons why McCrory should not be re-elected as governor.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 41, Oct 2016, p10-16, il Periodical Website
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Governor Pat McCrory released his 344 page budget mid-March which denied expansion of Medicaid coverage to state residents. The expansion funded by the federal Affordable Care Act would have helped 500,000 citizens backed by $521 million in federal funding. To counter this the governor approved $755 million in state funds for Medicaid but health care experts believe this is just a stop-gap measure without addressing core problems in the Medicaid system.
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June 23 was the sixtieth anniversary of the 1957 Royal Ice Cream sit-in, where seven African Americans demanded to be served inside the segregated Royal Ice Cream Parlor in north Durham and were arrested for it. The demonstration is often overlooked in civil rights history because sit-ins were not rampant at that time.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 23, June 28 2017, p18, por Periodical Website
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In this follow-up to an Indy July 2013 article on Crank Arm Brewery, Barbera talks with assistant brewmaster Adam Eckhardt about how his interest in brewing developed and what beers he likes to brew.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 31 Issue 3, Jan 2014, p20, por Periodical Website
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For the past two decades, Dave Wofford has been hand-setting movable type and cranking paper through a press to create beautifully textured printed artifacts. Wofford started Horse & Buggy Press in Raleigh before moving to Durham, where he has run it out of the Bull City Arts Collaborative, which he cofounded for the last decade.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 30, July 2016, p22-23, il Periodical Website
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