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How spending on public safety and policing has changed over the last 40 years June 4, 2023
Featured photo: Greensboro police officers stand across the street from the Greensboro rally for reproductive rights in Greensboro N.C., on June 24, 2022. (photo by Juliet Coen) This story was originally published by Stacker. Story by Lauren Liebhaber. Rates of violent crime are significantly lower today than they were just three decades ago, though many […]
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City of Winston-Salem apologizes for removing Pride profile picture June 2, 2023
On Thursday, the city of Winston-Salem’s Facebook page briefly updated their profile photo to display their logo atop a Progress Pride flag — one whose design with the traditional rainbow flag has been slightly altered with arrow-shaped lines to include LGBTQIA+ communities of color and the transgender community. The photo was abruptly removed about an […]
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GSO firefighter fired after posting anti-trans, racist posts on Facebook June 2, 2023
Editor’s note: This article contains transphobic, homophobic and racist language and imagery. On April 16, Capt. Dustin Jones of the Greensboro Fire Department posted an illustration of a white, heterosexual couple getting married with the words “Straight Pride, it’s natural, it’s Worked for Thousands of years and you Can Make Babies,” on Facebook. The image […]
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Profile picture recognizing Pride Month removed from City of Winston-Salem Facebook page June 1, 2023
An hour after changing their Facebook profile picture to the Progress Pride flag on Thursday, the city of Winston-Salem appeared to cave to anti-LGBTQ+ comments by changing it back to a generic one.
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A new Pride crosswalk mural is coming to downtown Winston-Salem June 1, 2023
Featured photo: A new Pride mural will be installed in downtown Winston-Salem at the corner of Trade and Sixth Streets. (photo by Gale Melcher) A mural will soon be installed in Winston-Salem’s Downtown Arts District at the intersection of Trade and Sixth streets, sweeping a rainbow across one of the crosswalks. The mural, which is […]
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