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Attendees of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro NAACP MLK Day Rally and March walk down Franklin St. in 2018.

Franklin Street March and Silent Sam Sit-In: Events for week of MLK Jr. Day

By Hannah Lang | January 15

Citizens of Chapel Hill braved the cold weather and gathered together on Monday to fight for racial justice in their community in celebration of Martin ...

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Q & A with UNC professor Claude Clegg on African-American activism today

By Taylor Buck | January 15

Claude Clegg is a UNC professor focusing on how African communities outside of Africa. The Lyle V. Jones Distinguished Professor is currently working ...

Panel received from The AIDS Memorial Quilt hanging in the Student Union.

Panel of AIDS Memorial Quilt visits UNC in effort to raise awareness

By Jessica Snouwaert | January 15

A panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, on display at UNC, is bringing awareness about HIV/AIDS and recognizing the dedication to HIV/AIDS research that the ...

UNC senior Rubi Franco Quiroz speaks on Sept. 18 at the DACA in Crisis event, a panel discussion comprised of lawyers, activists and students about how to support the undocumented and DACAmented community.

Trumps' administration's decision to end TPS devastates local Salvadoran families

By Marin Wolf | January 15

Joseph Nolasco held a poster reading “TPS” in big blue letters above his head. Despite the wind and near-freezing temperature, the 9 year old stayed ...

American Red Cross asks for help during winter blood shortage

By Payne Lubbers | January 15

Last week, the American Red Cross issued a statement asking for blood and platelet donations of all blood types in response to a nationwide shortage.

Disadvantaged minority college grads face increased health risks

By Mitra Norowzi | January 15

A new UNC study may have implications debunking the traditional rags to riches narrative surrounding upward mobility and its relationship to higher education. ...

Humanities Happy Hour brings lectures outside the classrom

By Hannah McClellan | January 15

Everyone likes a good happy hour, but on the third Wednesday of every month at Top of the Hill’s Back Bar, bar patrons will also hear lectures and discussion ...

Davis Library to increase signage on closing of floors 7 and 8

By Jackson Liu | January 15

Davis Library put up additional signs last Friday to prevent students from entering floors 7 and 8, which are currently under construction to install ...

Stop, drop and roll out of dorm rooms for fire drills

By Mark Burnett | January 15

Students living on campus have all experienced the dreaded fire alarm in the middle of the night. Instead of exiting their buildings, some people have ...

UNC Chancellor Carol Folt speaks at the 2017 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb at Kenan Memorial Football Stadium.

Faculty, staff weigh in on Folt's pledge to review UNC sexual harassment policies

By Eva Ellenburg | January 15

In a university-wide message on Jan. 9, Chancellor Carol Folt said UNC administration will review its sexual harassment and discrimination policies in ...

Jason Bellavance has been a Chapel Hill Police Officer for 15 years.

A day in the life of a Chapel Hill police officer

By Ashley Peterson | January 15

In my 20 years as a law abiding citizen, I’ve only had two experiences with the police. When I was seven, I misdialed 911 and almost gave myself a heart ...

Column: Rise like lions—the return of the British Left

By Claude Wilson | January 14

On June 8, 2017, the United Kingdom’s governing Conservative Party called a snap election in an attempt to gain a larger majority in Parliament. ...

Editorial: MLK's legacy, UNC's fight

January 14

This MLK day, think about how you can impact the Chapel Hill community.

Nicole Greene sets NCAA best for 2018 as UNC track and field dominates Carolina Cup

By Jonah Lossiah | January 14

This meet was simply a tune-up, or so thought the North Carolina track and field team when it stepped into Eddie Smith Field House on Saturday afternoon. ...

Letter: Protect WXYC, for the culture

January 14

I, like many others, have enjoyed cracking jokes about the esoteric nature of much of the music that gets played on WXYC, UNC’s student-run radio station. ...

Letter: Protect DREAMers with a "Clean" DREAM Act

January 14

Standing beside “DREAMers” from all over the country, the resounding roar of chanting filled my ears: “Si se, si se puede!”

Letter: Diets start with listening to your body

January 14

Vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, paleo, pescetarian, dairy-free and the list goes on. How does the average person tell which one is for them?

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UNC students share what drives their activism

By Emily Galvin | January 14

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The Daily Tar Heel interviewed student activists at UNC.

No. 20 UNC holds off Notre Dame, 69-68, on the road

By Keaton Eberly | January 14

The No. 20 North Carolina men’s basketball team must be feeling pretty lucky right now. After playing a close, back-and-forth affair with a scrappy ...

Mark Dorosin (left) and Elizabeth Haddix (right), co-directors of the newly founded Julius L. Chambers Center for Civil Rights, pose for a portrait outside the new center in Pittsboro, NC.

Former UNC law center employees continue fight for civil rights

By Georgia Wieland-Stanford | January 14

After the September 2017 UNC Board of Governors vote that banned the UNC Center for Civil Rights from litigating and the abrupt termination of employees ...