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Government March 12, 2018
What Happens After the Progressive Revolution Comes to a City Like Durham?
On the challenges of governing a bright-blue city in the middle of a hot-red state.
Barry Yeoman
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US Wars and Military Action March 9, 2018
Walter Jones Jr. Is a Voice of Dissent in the GOP
Haunted by his vote to authorize the Iraq War, the Republican congressman is standing up against US military actions.
Barry Yeoman
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September 27, 2017
North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Puts Democracy on the Line
How the GOP uses redistricting to maintain power in a purple state.
Barry Yeoman
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Activism August 21, 2017
Durham Residents Turned Out En Masse to Counter White Supremacists
The fear was that Klansmen would come to replicate the violence that had just racked Charlottesville.
Barry Yeoman
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Politics January 16, 2013
Rebel Towns
Call it municipal disobedience: communities like Sugar Hill, New Hampshire, are defying laws they deem illegitimate.
Barry Yeoman
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Criminal Justice March 12, 2007
Putting Science in the Dock
Judges' ability to discriminate against expert witnesses has ended up empowering large corporations.
Barry Yeoman