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On Oct. 2, a sex scandal and a positive coronavirus test changed the race between Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham and incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC).
The North Carolina State Board of Elections has had a chaotic few weeks.
The United States has always struggled with the issue of fair and free elections and the question of who gets to participate in them, and a new book looks at that history in Duke’s home state.
Amid the uncertainty of the pandemic some students remain committed to volunteering with Durham-based organizations.
A Friday panel tackled a major debate in the world of college sports today: the rights of student-athletes and how the should be compensated.
When morning dawned Sept. 9 in Chico, Calif., the sky was dark and orange, and the street lights stayed on. Junior Justin Dodds, who lives in Chico, remembers being able to stare directly at the sun—a small red sphere, smothered by smoke. Ash was everywhere, coating car hoods and camp chairs.
Wondering when and where you can vote early in Durham?
The 2020 general election is a little over a month away, and voters across North Carolina will be voting for a new state superintendent of public instruction.
In the November general election, North Carolina voters will elect either Josh Dobson or Jessica Holmes as the N.C. commissioner of labor for the next four years, replacing Cherie Berry, who has been in the position since 2001.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, Trinity ’00, is running to be the next Virginia governor.
More than 248,000 mail-in ballots have already been cast in North Carolina, with Durham County at more than 14,000.
Even amid the virtual school year’s increase in workload and challenges related to equity, technology and supervision, Durham Public Schools teachers are teaching and students are learning, teachers and administrators say.
Cries of “Say her name, Breonna Taylor!” rang outside the Durham police department headquarters, where more than 100 protesters, dressed in black, congregated in front of the building.
For formerly incarcerated people in North Carolina, the beginning of September brought news of re-enfranchisement just eight weeks before the 2020 presidential election.
Sophomores Alec James and Will Reynolds founded You Change Earth, a website that provides users with a personalized guide to climate action.
As the election approaches, students have multiple options for early voting—including here on campus.
Jill Biden swung by a swing state in a Thursday virtual roundtable event for North Carolina working parents.
Some students had long had the fall of 2020 earmarked for a leave of absence from Duke for election-related work. For others, the decision came in response to COVID-19, after a spring and summer filled with Zoom meetings and a lack of clarity from Duke about what the fall semester would look like on campus.
Martha Bárcena Coqui, Mexican ambassador to the United States since December 2018 and the first woman to hold the position, spoke to Duke students Wednesday in a virtual event.
Budget processes are expanding to include community members, and Durham is leading the way nationally, the city’s mayor pro tempore said at a Tuesday event.
