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Various state organizations work to improve incarcerated people’s re-entry to society

By Cain Twyman | April 2

There are 56 state prisons in North Carolina and nearly 38,000 people in the system

Many students rummage through the books piled outside of Davis Library on Tuesday for the used book sale hosted by Student Chapter of the American Library Association (SCALA. The sale will continue until Thursday, April 2nd.

Recidivism a familiar obstacle for law enforcement

By Jenny Surane and Amanda Albright | April 2

Over the course of five years, UNC professor Feng Liu found four lost dogs on nightly walks with his wife and successfully returned them to their owners. ...

Unranked UNC softball tops ninth-ranked Georgia

By Evan Chronis | April 2

The North Carolina softball team faced a large challenge, but the Tar Heels were prepared and believed.

Top of the Hill hosts "Meet the Maker" series to kick off NC Beer Month

By Christine Bang | April 2

To kick off North Carolina Beer Month, Our State magazine is hosting a craft beer event — the first event of the “Meet the Maker” series — tonight ...

NC prisons short-staffed

By Lindsey Brunson | April 2

“All inmates line up outside,” Sergeant Earvin Harrelson calls across the intercom from inside the control office.

Quickhits for Apr. 2, 2015

April 2

Of course something like this happens as soon as “Parks and Recreation” goes off the air.

Letter: Research among UNC’s greatest draws

April 2

Sen. Tom McInnis’s proposal to require UNC system faculty to teach eight classes per year is just another example of the devaluation of higher education ...

Letter: Adopt a more nuanced idea of allies

April 2

I really appreciate and am in agreement with Ishmael Bishop’s Dec. 31, 2014 column about “allyship.”

Letter: Bishop’s struggle is not an anomaly

April 2

American sociologist W.E.B. Dubois lamented about blacks’ imprisonment from self-identity: “...the Negro is a sort of seventh son, born with a veil, ...

Matt Leming is a senior computer science major from New Orleans.

Column: Eating meat is a matter of taste

By Matt Leming | April 2

Animal rights is a tricky subject for me.

Opinion: UNC must take real action to ensure employee rights

April 2

On March 26, a former housekeeping employee filed a lawsuit against the University, reminding it of a transgression that has yet to be fully reconciled. ...

Survivors promote ‘Hunting Ground’ film

By Katia Martinez | April 2

A lot has happened since Andrea Pino and Annie Clark were last in Chapel Hill.

Abortion bill targets UNC School of Medicine

By Sarah Brown | April 2

UNC School of Medicine doctors may no longer be able to perform abortions or teach medical students how to perform them, if a new proposal in the N.C. ...

Cat’s Cradle helps draw alt-J to Raleigh

By Jamie Stuart | April 2

When alt-J plays Raleigh’s Red Hat Amphitheater on Friday, concertgoers will have Cat’s Cradle to thank for the pairing of artist and venue. ...

UNC junior Matthew Fenner says he was beaten and choked by members of his church in January 2013 after they found out he was gay. The trial for the case will reconvene this week in Rutherford County.

UNC junior says members of his church attacked him for being gay

By Mary Helen Moore | April 2

Two years ago, Matthew Fenner was beaten and choked by members of his own church. Three months ago, his mother and brother testified against him when ...

(From left to right) Asia Gandy, and Joia Freeman share their experiences with the attendees of the Token Black Girl Event Wednesday afternoon.

Black women address challenges at UNC

By Luman Ouyang | April 2

Many UNC students of color consistently face the question of grouping themselves with people of their own race or merging into the majority culture of ...

Column: Dean Smith ensures all will have seat at table

By Dylan Howlett | April 2

The arc of a life rises, then slopes, then falls, because time is the curvature that ensures nothing is forever. And then there is the exception: the ...

Greg Taylor, who served time in prison for 17 years, was the first person to be exonerated by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission. The commission is in danger of losing funding.

North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission in jeopardy of losing resources

By Stephanie Lamm | April 2

His mind was always on overdrive. After 17 years of having little decision-making power over his day-to-day life, Gregory Taylor said he remembers opening ...