AltWeeklies Wire
Durham's affordable housing crisisnew
It would be hard to find a more pointed example of Durham's affordable housing crisis than the situation at Lincoln Apartments: In one week, 200 low-income residents will be evicted from their homes. None of the city's recent initiatives will immediately help them.
INDY Week |
Lisa Sorg |
10-24-2012 |
Housing & Development
A hitch in Raleigh's rail plansnew
Because TTA sold the former Dillon Supply Company buildings to Citrix, DOT will be forced to pay to remove a slice of those structures at some point in the future.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
09-26-2012 |
Transportation
Why I Started the Independent and Why I am Selling Itnew
The mission of the Independent has always been to publish the nation's best alternative journalism; to help build a just community in the Triangle; to create a great workplace for every individual here; and to make a profit doing it.
After the Arab Spring, the Future is Uncertain for Muslim Gay Youthnew
A year and a half after the revolution, gays remain marginalized and excluded from discussions about human rights in the new democratic Tunisia.
Residents Sue Over Jacked-Up Property Valuesnew
If taxpayers in Roanoke Rapids got burned by The Royal Palace Theatre, then residents of the small, historically African-American community of Brandy Creek were especially torched.
INDY Week |
Bob Geary |
09-19-2012 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing, Property Values
DOJ: Alamance County sheriff's office racially profiled Latinosnew
U.S. Department of Justice officials report that Alamance County Sheriff's Office leaders "explicitly" order deputies to target Latinos and "foster a culture of bias by using anti-Latino epithets."
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
09-19-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Racial Profiling in Alamance Countynew
The Alamance County Sheriff's Office arrests double the number of Latinos in traffic stops as non-Latinos.
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
08-14-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Straight talk on Obamacarenew
What will -- and won't -- happen under health care reform.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
07-16-2012 |
Policy Issues
Undocumented immigrants circumspect about Obama directive on deportationsnew
"We want more than anyone to actually have this to be true and for us not to be played again, so we're not calling this a victory yet."
INDY Week |
Billy Ball |
06-27-2012 |
Immigration
Facebook and Amendment 1new
Like twigs and sticks caught in a spring current, social media rafts us together into new solidarities—holy and unholy—in the rapidly emptying channels of its newsfeed.
Fracking interests spent heavily to influence N.C. lawmakersnew
The PACs of companies with an interest in fracking contributed to the campaigns of more than 100 N.C. legislators between 2009 and 2011—more than $730,000 in all.
A Flak's Guide to Frackingnew
If we were greenwashing professionals, how would we rebrand fracking to make it sound noble, conscientious -- even sexy?
After Amendment 1, local governments weigh health insurance optionsnew
In the Triangle, where more than 60 percent of voters filled in the oval "against" the amendment, a number of progressive local governments offer domestic partner benefits, a practice that presumably will be illegal under the state constitution on Jan. 1, 2013. So what's next?
How Beauty Pageants View Transwomennew
What does the social acceptance of passing transwomen mean for other transwomen who do not fulfill social expectations of prettiness? Or who do not wish to pass at all?
N.C. Amendment 1 Opponents: "Our fight for fairness is not over."new
The Coalition to Protect all NC Families, which led the unsuccessful anti-Amendment 1 campaign, said "No One Wins Tonight in North Carolina."
