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Jun 14, 20193 min read

Fathers Day doesn't have to be one day a year - or even just for fathers.

Richard Spencer's father never took him to a ballgame, never taught him to tie a tie, never offered a fatherly ear when he needed it. For...

Jun 10, 20191 min read

The Saunders Report in Indy Week

Who knows Durham better than Saunders? Read the full story on IndyWeek.com or by following the link below. Keep Durham Great. Keep It...

Jun 7, 20194 min read

St. Augustine's alum picked to make dollars flow to Caribbean island

Rodrick Miller had been away at college for precisely one week when he got the telephone call all kids dread. It was from his dad. "Don't...

May 30, 20192 min read

Share the love and feed hungry children

I swear, I started going simply for the chicken & dumplings, the smothered chicken, the yams. It was only after I'd sopped up Mama Dip's...

May 23, 20193 min read

We shouldn't have to become a nation of Blanche Duboises.

Sorry, homes. I'm busy arranging my socks by color. It's unlikely Morehouse College will be calling me when it seeks a compelling...

May 9, 20193 min read

Here's what they should've named that royal young 'un.

I like peanut butter and soda crackers. I really do. While working at Sandhurst Hosiery Mill in Rockingham, I'd whip up a batch of those...

Apr 30, 20193 min read

Singleton didn't invent humanity N the hood: He just showed it was always there.

For 20 years, I kept three voicemails on my telephone answering machine and refused to erase them. One was from Terry Sanford, the former...

Apr 17, 20193 min read

More than just a church, more than just a fire.

Mark Twain described a classic book as one that everyone loves but no one has read. That is so often true that I long ago stopped asking ...

Apr 15, 20193 min read

Durham was ready for its closeup, but the cameras were in Georgia.

Alright, Mr. DeMille, I am ready for my closeup. That's one of moviedom's most iconic lines, uttered by a delusional Nora Desmond in...