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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. That's the precise wording of the famous old aphorism about the dangers of forgetting history. Written in 1905 by Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana, the saying is often misquoted a

This story originally published at The 9th Street Journal. Durham Public Schools is making considerable strides in student and school performance, though graduation rates continue to slip, according to newly released state data on the 2025-2026 school yea

Over the past three years, Justice Anita Earls has issued one fiery dissent after another. One of the most scathing was in April, when the state's highest court dismissed the latest installment of the long-running Leandro case, which challenged the state

Anne-Claire: Do You Dream of Me Too? album release Friday, September 4, 8 p.m. w/DUNUMS Cat's Cradle Back Room, Carrboro Do You Dream of Me Too?, the new album by Anne-Claire Cleaver, isn't about her. It's not about you either, even when it uses the secon

In North Carolina's most recent budget, passed by the legislature in July, state lawmakers created two new statutes which the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), along with districts around the state, must now scramble to implement. The first, GS 11

On a typical day, Spanish interpreter Rudy Calderon might drive from his home in Durham to the Dare County Courthouse in the Outer Banks and back. The same week, he could be in the mountains in Hendersonville, and then Brunswick County in the southeast la

In the early 1990s, the North Carolina Museum of Art had been in its Blue Ridge Road location in West Raleigh for several years, but many of its iconic features had yet to be built: the outdoor theater, or the art installations across campus. Cows from NC

The Cary Town Council plans to adopt a new decorum policy clarifying what speakers and audience members can and cannot do during town meetings. For the most part, the policy-which is still only a draft and has not been adopted-takes preexisting rules and

Character Studies is an INDY series about familiar faces around the Triangle-and the stories you may not know about them. Shamekia McNeil Gales considers her line dancing group #GetFitWithMeeks a ministry-its members her congregation; Justin Timberlake le

Durham County is one of the latest local governments in the Triangle to wrestle with the question of how to manage the proliferation of data centers, but unlike neighboring municipalities, Durham is home to one of the largest technology hubs in the countr