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Column: We all need a time to forgive

By Colin Kantor | September 15

Happy New Year! Yes, I know it’s still September. But Monday marked Rosh Hashanah, the first day of the Jewish New Year and the beginning of a 10-day ...

Column: Terror and violence after 9/11

By Jaslina Paintal | September 14

While the nation remembered those killed on 9/11, tomorrow, Sept. 15, will not be remembered in relation to the attacks.

Column: The real post-9/11 United States

By Chiraayu Gosrani | September 10

A peculiar silence had consumed the usual commotion of my elementary classroom when my teacher Ms. Rubin rushed into the room in the early hours of September ...

Column: #Squad Goals aren’t exclusive

By Evana Bodiker | September 10

#SquadGoals is a phrase that has integrated itself into not only my internet vocabulary, but my IRL vocabulary, too.

Column: An open letter to my sisters

By Jalynn Harris | September 9

Womanism is a term coined by Alice Walker to describe Black feminism.

Guest column: UNC’s defense looked impressive during Thursday’s loss to USC

By Pat James | September 9

Fans and media members continue questioning the North Carolina football team and Coach Larry Fedora almost a week after their season-opening loss to South ...

Column: Don’t put agenda over facts

By Alex Thomas | September 8

When Alec Dent — a UNC freshman and writer for The College Fix — claimed the first-year seminar, “English 72: Literature of 9/11,” presented terrorists ...

Column: You’ll never run out of work

By Sam Schaefer | September 4

Inevitably, over the last few years, whenever someone has found out that I am a Chapel Hill native, they have made something along the lines of this comment: ...

Column: A couple Rebels without a cause

By Gwendolyn Smith | September 3

Rebel Wilson, known to many as “Fat Amy” from the popular film “Pitch Perfect,” took the stage during MTV’s Video Music Awards Sunday night ...

Column: Kanye West's self confidence reflects America's best quality

By Sarah Vassello | September 2

I hope I’m not the one who’s breaking this to you, because the speech is incredible: During the Video Music Awards on Sunday, rapper, designer ...

Column: Migrants are not modern barbaroi

By Colin Kantor | September 2

When you think of the word “barbarian,” perhaps you conjure an image of an intimidating warrior, dressed in animal skins and wielding an axe, ready ...

Column: Public transit not open to all

By Morgan Zemaitis | September 1

In recent years, both Charlotte and Chapel Hill-Durham have created major plans for light rail development and are getting a lot of good press about it. ...

Column: Apathy kills Black women

By Jaslina Paintal | August 31

At the #SayHerName vigil last week, Black women here at UNC shared their stories, said the names of Black women — both cisgender and transgender — ...

Column: Slavery did not end in 1865

By Chiraayu Gosrani | August 27

"Help Us,” pleaded the makeshift sign that an inmate had pressed against the narrow window slit of his cell.

Guest Column: The DTH’s staff are your peers, and we take our jobs seriously

By Paige Ladisic | August 27

Opinion Editor Sam Schaefer gets this look in his eyes when he says The Daily Tar Heel is a watchdog for the UNC community. It’s a look of passion, ...

Column: CDS workers deserve kindness

By Evana Bodiker | August 27

Lenoir — rushed, crowded and stressful when crunched for time between classes.

Column: Our very own sports editor peers into the future of UNC football

By Pat James | August 26

Bold predictions and college football go together like peanut butter and jelly. You can’t have one without the other.

Column: Property valued over Black life

By Jalynn Harris | August 26

As the body count of state-sanctioned Black genocide increases, white America continues to react not with outrage or even simple acknowledgement, but ...

Column: Welcome to ‘Having It All’

By Alice Wilder | August 25

Daily Tar Heel online managing editor Kelsey Weekman and I spent the summer talking about a podcast.

Column: Clinton's college plan defecit

By Alex Thomas | August 24

Going to college isn’t cheap, especially at UNC. Just tuition alone can put financial stress on students.