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'The World Trade Center Health Program, which provides health care to some 2,000 North Carolina residents who responded on 9/11, faces a $3 billion shortfall and more than $1.2 billion in federal funding cuts.' | INDY Week indyweek.com/news/wake/heal…

NC has the nation's 5th most 9/11 heroes after NY, NJ, PA, and FL. You'd think keeping our promise to them would be a higher priority for the NCGOP delegation than handing trillions in tax cuts to billionaires in the bill they passed last week. But you'd be wrong.

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a small fun thing: The Chelsea is hosting a special series on Labor Rights-focused films in collaboration with UE150. come see Norma Rae with me? (INDY Week) indyweek.com/culture/ue150-…

Op-ed: "As a parent, I care deeply about what kind of world my kids will inherit—and who they’ll grow up to be in it. That’s why, amid rising political authoritarianism, white nationalism, and book bans, I take them to punk shows." indyweek.com/news/opinions/…

Record rainfall from Tropical Storm Chantal caused widespread flooding, inundating Carrboro’s Public Works facility, threatening a coal ash mound in Chapel Hill. indyweek.com/news/what-just…

"I try to make it a point to take him with me. Because I pick him up from daycare, one of his first words was ‘bike.’ We take routes around the Ellerbee Creek trail and pass by the dino and he always waves." indyweek.com/culture/etc/ch…

I fell down a hole, with this feature, while listening to Elizabeth Woodman's excellent podcast on Rachel Crook – a story about outsiders, murder, small towns and legendary spaces, debts to the dead. (or something along those lines). for INDY Week! indyweek.com/culture/who-ki…

Local cinephiles can celebrate the spirit of Hot Labor Summer at the Chelsea Theater’s special May Days: Labor on the Move! screening series. The four-film program is presented in collaboration with UE150, NC Public Service Workers Union. indyweek.com/culture/ue150-…

The tropical system dumped massive rain across central North Carolina on Sunday, days after the state’s Democratic governor vetoed a bill canceling an interim carbon reduction goal of 70 percent by 2030. GOP lawmakers will likely attempt an override. indyweek.com/news/northcaro…

A former chicken house that she’d renovated into a shop where she also lived, Crook’s Corner had an “unusual but misleading name,” a 1949 article in the Chapel Hill Weekly quipped, forebodingly. indyweek.com/culture/who-ki…

As Chapel Hill flooded, a mother at Silverspot Cinema and a DoorDash delivery driver in the parking lot outside faced the same rising water—but made different choices. indyweek.com/news/orange/un…

Here's an INDY Week story about how vulnerable & dangerous it is to be caught in these sudden storms and how capitalism doesn't care. "DoorDash gave her half pay for her delivery attempts. She went home and ate the pizza she’d tried to deliver earlier." indyweek.com/news/orange/un…

Local groups are looking for volunteers and donations in the storm’s aftermath. indyweek.com/news/northcaro…

Raleigh selected a contractor for the first phase of the BRT project. Rifenburg North Carolina, LLC is expected to begin work this fall and the city plans to open bids for the remaining two phases later this year. indyweek.com/news/wake/rale…

I interviewed the curators of an animating new exhibit on A.I., fascism, and climate disaster at the People's Solidarity Hub - an exhibit that opened just as Amazon announced it's investing $10m in a new data center in Richmond County. (INDY Week) indyweek.com/culture/interv…

This week’s Ask INDY topic is parenting during summer in the Triangle. One reader asks: What free things can I do indoors with toddlers? We do library story time and the museums, but we’re running out of ideas. indyweek.com/news/ask-indy-…

The fifteenth annual Hopscotch will take place in downtown Raleigh, September 4-6, with a mix of local acts like Superchunk and Fust and far-flung acts like Yeule and Nilüfer Yanya. indyweek.com/music/hopscotc…

“I think we have a lot of work to do,” Umstead said from the dais after her election. “But I look forward to doing it in collaboration with you all.” indyweek.com/news/durham/du…