Durham has challenges unique to the Triangle. Our students benefit from Durham County’s high-tech, highly educated, entrepreneurial environment. But there are also strong concentrations of need and economic stress among Durham’s children that are not comparable to other area school systems.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Several weeks ago I attended a presentation by the N.C. Department of Transportation and their engineering consultant on the preliminary recommendations from their Traffic Separation Study, which studied several at-grade rail crossings in Durham with the stated purpose of making these crossings safer for vehicles and pedestrians.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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I am writing to share Preservation Durham’s opinion on the upcoming City Council vote to remove landmark status from Liberty Warehouse, located at 611-613 Rigsbee Ave. Preservation Durham opposes any change in landmark status, for the reasons that follow.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Whether Duke’s black cool was designed by thoughtful intent or by fortunate accident, who knows? What I can say is that its authenticity is undeniable.
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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The way that SEEDS got involved with DCP is a typical story of how things happen at the park. Someone comes up with the germ of an idea; folks take it and mold it into something exciting; and then Durham Central Park just gets better and better!
Published: May. 18, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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Words cannot express the heartache the Boston community feels for the innocent victims of the terrible explosions at the end of the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. What I will remember most is the support of my fellow runners, teammates and Bostonians.
Published: May. 11, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: North Carolina can do better for families of homicide victims and all citizens than restarting executions.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Listen to Your Mother (LTYM) listentoyourmothershow.com was launched in 2010 in Madison, Wis., to give voice – on or around Mothers’ Day – to stories about motherhood.
Published: May. 7, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Residents, small business people need more say in decisions about downtown parking.
Published: Apr. 20, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Sleep in until 5:30. Be happy the freeze alarm didn’t go off in the middle of the night. Eat breakfast. Check email. Check the insane excel spreadsheet that is your planting schedule
Published: Apr. 13, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Consumer spending drives 70 percent of our economy, and we must repower consumer spending – backed by adequate wages rather than unaffordable debt – if we are going to repower our economy, create jobs and reverse the decline in our middle class. Raising the minimum wage boosts the economy from the bottom up, which is exactly what we need.
Published: Apr. 13, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The Durham City Council has recently proposed that prior to a judge granting bail for any gun-related crime, they should first see whether this same defendant has been convicted of a gun crime or is on pre-trial release for another gun crime. The idea is to reduce the revolving door for gun criminals.
Published: Mar. 26, 2013 10:33 PM | Full story
Commentary: Norfolk Southern is my neighbor to the south, just beyond my backyard. I’ve never waved to them, because they haven’t passed through their property in the 30 years they’ve been my neighbor.
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: I applaud Maureen Joy Charter School Principal Alex Quigley’s thoughtful essay “Charter Challenge” (DN, Feb.17,bit.ly/YmZxmQ). In March 2012 the Durham People’s Alliance developed a document which listed growing concerns about a two-tiered system of public schools. Mr. Quigley echoed the PA’s core beliefs that “charters should be accountable and transparent to the public … and there should be no barriers to entry.”
Published: Mar. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: When I think about this new year, I think about what it will mean to all of us, as a people and as a community. One of the most important realities for me is taking an honest look back at the decisions that I made and reasons for making them.
Published: Mar. 9, 2013 8:46 PM | Full story
Commentary: The Friday night before the last snowfall I made my appearance at the store, to perform my southern duty to help clear the shelves of milk and bread.
Published: Mar. 5, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Today’s dream includes holding hands together, as Dr. King says, “white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics” together with Pakistanis and Indians, Tibetans and Chinese, French and Arabs, Hutu and Tutsi, along with gays, lesbians, atheist, and many, many other people I can’t acknowledge because this essay has a 600-word limit.
Published: Mar. 2, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Aztech Labs has two goals. Our first goal is to make water filters available to communities in need, like the villages we are working with now in India. Our second goal is to improve the design of low-cost water filters by sponsoring a worldwide award for the most innovative design improvements to water filters.
Published: Feb. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: When you add it all up – incessant Web surfing; over-allegiance to chat rooms, forums and discussion groups; fixation on online pornography, gambling and games; music, movie and other media downloading – the portrait of a society and indeed a world sitting on its derriere, breezing through one screen after another emerges.
Published: Feb. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: This year I am celebrating my first authentic Chinese New Year. My good friend Chela Tu’s family is visiting from China and showing us how to honor 2013 with lots of traditional food and togetherness.
Published: Feb. 23, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. For all the single ladies out there, it is a day of dread and gloom. I think it is probably the case for the men, too, whether they are in a relationship or not.
Published: Feb. 19, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The North Carolina State Bar, in my opinion, affected the outcome of the 2006 Duke lacrosse case when it intervened by removing Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong.
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: It is past time for our policy makers to re-examine this failed system. If elected officials are serious about implementing comprehensive immigration reform, they will look to the root causes driving migration.
Published: Feb. 16, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The congregation where I preach has begun a focused effort to diligently reach out to the community with the gospel.
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The dangers of drug paraphernalia are often not given adequate consideration in terms of the dangers that they pose to the brave men and women who serve our communities as law enforcement officers
Published: Feb. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: I am in my 14th year of teaching reading at a middle school. My students read two or more years below grade level, and it’s my job to increase their reading levels and reading engagement.
Published: Jan. 29, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The first time I went to a NAMI meeting, I cried almost the whole meeting. It was such a relief to not feel alone, to know that the other people there knew what I was going through, to get concrete suggestions for dealing with my son, and to hear that there was hope.
Published: Jan. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: The Beautiful Pain Movement is a support group for women and men who have experienced abortion and for family and friends who want to help.
Published: Jan. 26, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: Clement Early College High School, located on the campus of N.C. Central University, is a national model.
Published: Jan. 15, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
Commentary: As a volunteer with C2C, I am writing to explain my personal experience with the organization, its leadership, and most importantly the children it serves.
Published: Jan. 12, 2013 7:00 PM | Full story
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