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Child care costs in U.S. are higher than in-state college tuition

By Mitra Norowzi | October 4

A collaborative study between Care.com and New America found child care in the United States is inadequate in terms of cost, quality and availability ...

The United Church of Chapel Hill hosted a workshop over the weekend introducing participants to ideas about the sanctuary movement and ways to help immigrants.

'Love thy neighbor and welcome the stranger': NC churches provide sanctuary for immigrants

By Emma Boggess | September 20

North Carolina churches are coming together to offer sanctuary to immigrants and families facing deportation.

Tim Duane speaks about the scope of presidential power in environmental regulation

By Ramishah Maruf | September 12

Tim Duane, professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, gave a lecture Tuesday exploring the scopes and limits of presidential ...

Board member Anna Nelson at the UNC Board of Governors meeting Friday.

BOG bans academic center litigation. Future of the Center for Civil Rights uncertain.

By Ana Irizarry | September 10

After months of protest and debate, the UNC Board of Governors voted to ban litigation at all UNC-system academic centers Friday.

Protestors march from South Building to Silent Sam during the Solidarity Rally and March for the Center for Civil Rights Thursday.

Students, faculty and community members march in anticipation of Center for Civil Rights BOG vote

By Becca Heilman | September 7

Students, University faculty and community members gathered Thursday to protest the potential Board of Governors decision to stop the UNC Center for Civil ...

Rev. Campbell poses for a portrait in front of the Rogers Road Community Center.

Civil Rights Center's fate in the hands of BOG's Friday vote

By Lauren Talley and Jared Weber | September 6

Though Mark Dorosin, managing attorney at the Center, might lose his job on Friday, he is more worried about what’s at stake if the center closes, and ...

Eric Muller records an episode of his podcast.

Professor's new podcast revisits stories of Japanese-American internment

By Eva Ellenburg | August 28

An elderly man goes missing in the desert. A group of boys are punished for sledding. A top-notch college student is prevented from graduating. This is ...

NC House preserves law school funding

By Rebecca Ayers | June 3

The NC House of Representatives took out a spending proposed by the Senate cut to slash UNC’s Law School’s funding by 30 percent. However, the North ...

Ted Shaw, the director of the Center for Civil Rights, wants to keep the memory of the founder of the center, Julius Chambers, alive.

The Center for Civil Rights is disputing Board of Governors' claims

By Celia McRae | April 17

Julius Chambers, who would later win a landmark case against school segregation in the U.S. Supreme Court, graduated first in his class from UNC School ...

Judy McAdoo Taylor and Sheila Bailey attended the benefit which supported the UNC Center for Civil Rights. Photo by Alex Kellogg

Concert fundraises for UNC Center for Civil Rights

By Alex Kellogg | April 10

UNC’s Center for Civil Rights took center stage at a benefit concert — part of ongoing efforts to resist a proposal by the UNC-system Board of Governors ...

Previous UNC Law School dean John Charles Boger presents an analysis of Julius Chambers' book at a two part event on civil rights at the UNC Law School.

UNC School of Law holds event to get students to protect Center for Civil Rights

By Hannah Lang | April 7

Students paid tribute to distinguished UNC graduate Julius Chambers at an event by the UNC School of Law that urged attendees to respond to the Board ...

N.C. judicial elections will be partisan following legislature's override of Cooper's veto

By Samantha Paisley | March 27

N.C. judges will soon run for office in partisan elections after the state Senate overrode Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of House Bill 100 last Thursday.

Johnston Regional Airport is the headquarters of Aero Contractors Ltd. Fences surround the company’s facilities.

Chapel Hill Town Council passes resolution to support state torture investigation

By Johanna Cano | March 8

The Chapel Hill Town Council passed a resolution supporting the North Carolina Commission of Inquiry on Torture to investigate the state’s involvement ...

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke in the Greensboro Coliseum on Tuesday, June 14th.

Trump issues revised travel ban on 6 Muslim-majority countries

By Carina McDermed | March 8

President Donald Trump issued a new executive order Monday banning immigration from six Muslim-majority countries — this time, leaving Iraq off the ...

UNC law panel discusses precedent for Trump's executive orders

By Jordyn Connell | February 2

Politicians aren’t the only ones debating President Donald Trump’s executive orders — a panel hosted by the UNC School of Law took on the topic ...

Trump expected to sign executive order limiting refugees from Muslim countries

By Luke Bollinger | January 27

President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders that would temporarily halt the immigration of Syrian refugees and suspend the visas of citizens ...

Hearings for Trump cabinet picks draw national controversy

By Corey Risinger | January 19

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks continued this week, stirring partisan debate in the U.S. Senate over candidates’ ...

Electoral College system contentious after Trump election

By Vincent Veerbeek | January 13

The Electoral College cast their ballots Dec. 19 to make the nomination of Donald Trump as President-elect official, leaving some to question the importance ...

Burr vows to block Supreme Court nominees under Clinton

By Vincent Veerbeek | November 8

Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina said last month he will continue to block any Supreme Court justice nominations by Democratic presidential candidate ...

Supreme Court to hear NC sex offender case

By Becca Heilman | November 4

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a case regarding an N.C. law that bars sex offenders from accessing and registering for websites that ...