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The Election Page
Blessed are the wealthy
Despite opposition from a council member who bankrolled his campaign, publicly financed elections gain favor as a way to level the playing field for less affluent political hopefuls by Lisa Sorg
North Carolina
Raw milk back on the table
Small-farm advocates, public health officials, representatives of the dairy industry and—perhaps most of all—drinkers of unprocessed milk all have their eyes on two bills expected to move through the N.C. General Assembly this session. by Suzanne Nelson
Setting a progressive agenda for the legislature's short session by Mosi Secret, Fiona Morgan and Bob Geary
Problems at plant prompt skepticism by Lisa Sorg
What Google Earth doesn't show you by Ryan Vu
Raleigh news & politics
Religious Left
Separately, church and state debate the death penalty
Another North Carolina death-row inmate is exonerated; a former death-house chaplain speaks out against capital punishment; a bill brews in the legislature that would address the racial issues in executions. by Patrick O'Neill
Send in the clowns by V.C. Rogers
Eraser by Jeremy M. Lange
Companion planting by John Valentine
Community colleges respond on immigration ruling
In Durham, erection can be depended upon
Land use, architecture, history and sustainable development in Durham
Much zippier than Olde Raleigh
Progressive perspectives on Orange County
An online magazine in the reality-based community
Record Review
Annuals and Sunfold
Wet Zoo Split EP
(Canvasback Music/ Terpikshore)
Where Annuals takes cues from the kitchen-sink, simmer-and-swell indie crowd, Sunfold refocuses '90s alternative rock with the familiar tools. by Spencer Griffith
Tripp
by Grayson Currin
Two mid-sized Danish bands tour America by bus
by Grayson Currin
Clinic pulls light through clouds by Mike Randall
The Double Down by Grayson Currin
The guide to the week's concerts
X's "We're Desperate"
by Chris Toenes
The Rosebuds
by Brian Howe
Music news, reviews & previews
Visual Art
New work in Raleigh's Lump Gallery and Adam Cave Fine Art
Beauty and the bestiary
Becca Albee has been asking for beauty tips from friends, family, distant acquaintances and gallery goers. Nathaniel Hester channels Henri Matisse from the studio on his farm in Person County. by Dave Delcambre
Durham author Dawn Shamp celebrates 1920s Roxboro in her debut novel by Megan Stein
Fistful of Love tries to laugh off the war between the sexes by Byron Woods
The Clean House by Megan Stein
Feature/ Review
Indiana of America
How to stop worrying and love Lucas, Spielberg and Raiders
The new film is like so many other fantasy-spectaculars nowadays in that it leads us relentlessly toward a cyclone of action and effects that inevitably buries all meaning and possibility under the weight of overdetermined conventions. by Godfrey Cheshire
Film times and brief film reviews
Locavore Cooking
Strawberry heaven
Of all the sights and smells that suggest summer is on its way for sure, succulent, glistening strawberries top the list. by Sheryl Cornett
Donations needed at the food bank by Claire Cusick
Slide Show
Polvo back in the Cradle
Polvo takes to the Cat's Cradle stage for the first time in a decade by Jeremy M. Lange
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Nicomachus: Thanks for your comments--and your maps. Stay tuned, we've got more coming next week about the bicycle culture that…
by David Fellerath, Indy Arts Editor on What Google Earth doesn't show you (News)
When I was on Durham’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission, the most frequently asked questions from the public (besides, “can…
by nicomachus on What Google Earth doesn't show you (News)
Johnd, sorry for taking so long to respond to you. There are 2 churches in New Hill. First Baptist Church…
by rlk on Allies unite with New Hill vs. treatment plant (News)