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Mar 26, 2024

DPS Pay Dispute

Image from Creative Commons Main Building at Durham School of the Arts This February, the Durham Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education faced controversy after approving an 11% pay raise for classified employees in response to a payment error made in 2023. Due to the error, this pay raise is now temporary for many of…

Feb 14, 2023

Rihanna Lets Us Know She’s Back With Her Super Bowl Performance

— Photo from Creative Commons — On Sunday, Feb. 12, after five years, Rihanna returned to the stage with her performance at the 57th Annual Super Bowl. State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, hosted the 57th Super Bowl between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs.  During the game’s halftime show, Rihanna performed a…

Oct 21, 2020

Elikem’s Corner: Sunset to sunrise 

Sunset to sunrise Can’t you see the lies within their eyes? They came to ruin our communities  Capital of the Black Middle Class, my a**   Is there still room for us? “Renovating” my grandmothers house We can’t afford to live here  Prices skyrocketing like we on a race to the moon  Shooting through our black…

Jan 31, 2020

For Us, By Us: Supporting Black Businesses  

The word Ujamaa may be unfamiliar to most, but the sentiment behind it is nothing new. Ujamaa, the fourth day of Kwanzaa, highlights the importance of cooperative economics and supporting businesses in our community.

Oct 30, 2019

Panel Dives Into the Triangle’s History of LGBTQ+ Movement

The panel featured four Triangle leaders apart of the LGBTQ+ community each with longstanding ties to the region.

Jan 31, 2019

NC State Students Named WomenNC Scholars

Left: Contributed by Jada Hester’s Instagram. Right: Adarsh Puvvadi Ramamohan Kumar/Nubian Message. Yesenia Jones | Staff Writer Two NC State students were accepted into the highly competitive WomenNC Scholars program. Jada Hester, a third-year studying business administration and international studies, and Sara Darwish, a third-year studying social work and Arabic, will receive the opportunity to conduct…

Oct 11, 2018

The Omen of Injustice in Durham, N.C.

Kevin Moye | Staff Writer In today’s America of police brutality and mass incarceration, we are prompted to ask ourselves, “Just how much does society think black lives matter?” It’s a question no person should ever have to ask, yet time and time again, we as black people must do so. This question has reared its…