The Independent Weekly 20th Anniversary
Looking back
5 years ago: Karen Mann reflected on the drug-related death of Stacy Guess, a trumpeter most known for his work with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, as part of a special issue looking at drugs and local music.
10 years ago: Barry Yeoman ventured into the heart of tobacco country with the group Friends of Tobacco, which was traveling the state in a PR push against the anti-smoking agenda.
20 years ago: Jason De Parle observed the labor strife between the Hanes Company in Winston-Salem and its workers, many of whom suffered from "repetitive motion traumas" resulting from continuous labor. The workers claimed that the clothing manufacturer was covering up widespread hand, wrist and arm injuries.
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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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