Front Porch
The Independent Weekly 20th Anniversary
5 years ago: Chris Fitzsimon of the Common Sense Foundation and Andrea Verykoukis revealed the findings of a recent survey of local TV news programs' content. The study found that WRAL, WTVD and WNCN spent more time promoting themselves and upcoming stories, and reporting on crime, natural disasters and tragedies outside the community, than they did reporting on local government and politics..
10 years ago: A Front Porch piece told of the speed with which a bill easing a state ban on oral and anal sex was killed in the legislature, a striking exception to the usual sluggish passage of bills through the system.
20 years ago: Jon Rosenblum reported on North Carolina's Cherokee Bingo, which offers jackpots up to 20 times higher than the state law allows because it's located on an Indian reservation, outside the reach of federal and state regulations.
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Clear for departure
My father is 83 now, and his health is declining. In mid-April, my brother called: "You need to get up here now."
- May 22, 2013
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Being the community
In Raleigh's Moore Square and around Main Street in Durham, we ignore people who we assume don't have housing. Rocky and those like him go to Love Wins or the Maurin House to find eye contact, to hear a "good morning," to be a part of their cities.
- May 15, 2013
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High places
Quietly, by the guidance of our flashlights, we climbed a very long, tight spiral staircase up to the top of the Duke Chapel tower. And not just the bell-tower top, but beyond that.
- May 8, 2013
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