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The murders of Eugene Hairston and Marcus Deon Smith tell part of Greensboro’s history of reckoning with racial terror October 3, 2023
Featured photo: Members of the Smith family and their attorneys stand in front of the memorial for Marcus Deon Smith, which was installed at the IRC recently. (photo by Sayaka Matsuoka) Trigger warning: This article describes acts of racial terror including a lynching and a police killing. “What do we hope to uncover from soil?” […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
Legislative overreach on abortion swatted by NC courts October 3, 2023
North Carolina just got a bit less hostile for people seeking an abortion.
Brian Clarey
Winston-Salem looks to implement a Housing Trust Fund to increase affordable housing October 3, 2023
The city of Winston-Salem will soon be pursuing a new avenue for increasing affordable housing in the city. During a Sept. 25 council meeting, Interim City Manager Patrice Toney gave the council a look into the city’s future Housing Trust Fund, or HTF. According to Investopedia.com, HTFs are publicly financed programs specifically designed to increase […]
Gale Melcher
Greensboro has a co-response policing model in place. The police chief wants a non-police team, too. The hold up? Funding and staffing. October 2, 2023
In the first seven months of this year, the city of Greensboro’s Behavioral Health Response Team responded to 1,437 calls for service. “The goal is to decrease interactions with law enforcement officers,” said Latisha McNeil, the manager of the city’s newly created Office of Community Safety. “We didn’t want people calling back repeatedly.” The behavioral […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
Winston-Salem to receive millions from state budget for economic development, infrastructure improvements October 1, 2023
Winston-Salem is receiving millions of dollars that will be used to support economic development as well as enhance city infrastructure and entertainment facilities. In a Thursday press release from the city, Mayor Allen Joines and Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth) announced that the recently passed state budget includes an appropriation of $35 million that will go […]
Gale Melcher