Durham Dispatch

Report: Durham’s Biggest Employers Can Do More to Tackle the Affordable Housing Crisis

Announcement of 2026–27 Meet and Confer Priorities

No AI Data Centers, No Illusions

NC WARN Files Request for State Records on Efforts to Recruit Data Centers

Viewpoint: Durham Should Copy NYC's New Office of Worker Power

A Conversation with NC Triangle DSA on Reaching 1,000 Members

“Amazon: Don’t Blink!” CAUSE Inaugurates New Leadership, Honors Founding Generation

Durham Residents Demand County Commissioners Drop Moratorium Loophole Allowing 100 MW Hyperscale Data Centers

Duke Graduate Student Union Marks Three-Year Anniversary

Civil Rights Organizations File Appeal on Behalf of Durham Activist Silenced with No-Contact Order

A Marriage, Not a Takeover: Triangle DSA Holds Mock Wedding to Protest Atrium-WakeMed Merger

New Report: Durham's Decade of Growth Has Left Working People Behind

New Community Science Project to Track CAFO Footprint Across the State of North Carolina

Triangle-Area Amazon Labor Leader on Hunger Strike, Calls on Amazon to Negotiate With Union

Statement on the 7/21 Board of Ed Vote on the New Classified Salary Schedules

As Data Center Scandal Grows, Calls for Governor Stein to Ban Duke Energy Monopoly From “24/7” Recruiting Used to Justify $63 Billion Expansion

The Missed Chance to Rezone Northgate Mall

UNC to Shut Down Baity Hill for All Graduate Students, Offers No On-Campus Alternative

Interview With REI Worker During May 2026 Strike

Duke Announces Health Insurance Update

Climate Protest at NC Governor’s Mansion Begins Campaign of Civil Disobedience

Duke Workers Speak Out Over Stalled $20 Wage Promise

Statement on the June 8th Durham County Budget Vote

Two of Our Co-Workers at RDU1 Have Died

"Let's Work Together": UE150 Sends Budget Proposal Letter to City Council

Dining Workers at Cary Retirement Home Strike Over Supervisor Abuse and Low Wages

Unanimous Vote for Durham Data Center Moratorium

Organizing Works! Duke Pay Your Fair Share!

SSEP and MVP Pipeline Threats Lands Dan River as #8 on America’s Most Endangered

"Drought, Delays, & Developments": Excerpts from EFEN's April Newsletter

The Triangle Left and Allam’s Second Run

Durham Tenants Launch Building-Level Unions, Call for Accountability From Shared Landlord

Elected Leaders, Faith Groups, Others Press Governor Stein to Stop Duke Energy’s Fossil Fuel Expansion

Wells Fargo Sponsoring Extreme Right-Wing Conference in Raleigh Amidst Worker Organizing

Durham UDO Planning Process Comes to a Screeching Halt

Dispatch from Protest Against the Iran War in Raleigh on March 7

The Unpaid Times, Inaugural Edition

Statement on the School Board Elections

Duke Students Protest for Fourth Amendment Campus and $25 per Hour Living Wage

Unionized NC DHHS Workers Deliver 650+ Petition Signatures, Meet With Leadership

Foushee’s Weapons Donors

Funded by Anthropic, Super PAC Begins Ad Campaign to Support Rep. Valerie Foushee

How Durham City Council and Planning Commission Voted on Development Cases in 2025

Duke Energy’s Modeling Manufactures Injustice

Statement on Venezuela

Noisemakers & Songwriters in the Fields

Riverkeeper Calls out "No Practical Alternative Application" Loophole in Durham Environmental Protections

Activists Picket Gateway Women’s Care, A Fake Abortion Clinic, in Durham

A Look Into the UNC System’s Growing Dependence on Adjunct Labor

Foushee's Finances: Q3

"Leader’s Circle $44,300", Foushee, Ross, and Jeffries Host DCCC Fundraiser

Dispatch from January 3 Demo for Venezuela

Meet & Confer Recap: Nov. 18 Public Negotiation #3

Riverkeeper: Durham UDO plan has ‘major shortcomings’

State Mental Health Workers Demand a Meeting With DHHS Officials to Address Chronic Understaffing, Safety Issues, and Increased Difficulties Amid Major Mental Health Crisis

2026 NC Fourth District Primary: Road to Rematch

Duke Energy Plans to Gamble Tens of Billions of Public Dollars and Our Climate Future on Failure-Prone, Experimental Reactors

Meet & Confer Recap: Nov. 19 Public Negotiation #2

Audit Shows UNC in Stellar Financial Condition and Building up Administrator Salaries, While Imposing $70 Million Budget Cut on Lowest-Paid Staff

Duke Student Among 31 Arrested Outside Florida ICE Facility

Foushee's Finances: Pharma, Railroads, and Weapons Companies Pile in for 2026 Campaign

Nuestro Barrio Hosts Durham’s First Protest Against Venezuela War

Real Time Crime Center and Peregrine Contract Raise Privacy Concerns

Workers March on Durham Food Hall With Demand Letter

Duke Students Rally on Main Quad to Demand President Price Reject Trump's "Loyalty Oath" Compact

Durham’s Only Unionized Starbucks Holds Practice Picket

Will Durham Developers Be Permanently Unleashed? New State Law Makes This Election Pivotal

Endorsement Alert for Durham City Council 2025

Don't Let Redeeming Development Group Pollute Lick Creek

Cook Introduces Pro-Tenant Ordinance

August 6th Letter on 505 West Chapel Hill Street Site

Durham's New UDO on the Ballot in 2025 City Elections

Business Leaders Pressure NC Governor to Curb Duke Energy Fossil Fuel Expansion

Burris Emerges as Strong Challenger in Ward Two

Call for Governor's Leadership vs. Duke Energy

Amazon Union and Pro-Worker Groups Hold Labor Day Social at Queeny's

Resource Bank for New Durham Organizers and Activists

At Old East Durham Café, Socialists Raise Funds for Relief in Cuba

New Maps Show Transco SSEP & Other Proposed Pipelines’ Threat to Drinking Water in North Carolina and Virginia

The Sterling Bay Withdrawal and Durham’s Development Trap

Solar Bonds for Our Communities

Union Members Have "Life Changing" Visit to Cuba

Burying Evidence? MVP Company Accused of Firing Welding Inspector Who Reported Violations

Dispatch from ICE Protest in Durham on July 23

Riverkeeper: Central North Carolina Flooding Part of a Much Larger Issue

City Worker Action Wins $24 Per Hour in Charlotte, $22 in Durham

After Progressive Stands, Freeman Faces Multiple Challengers in Ward 1

Guilford County Commissioners Pass Resolution on SSEP Pipeline

People's Alliance Calls for Fairer Budget Cuts at Duke

5K for Sudan Held in Wake Forest

10 Key Takeaways From Durham's Proposed City Budget

Carrboro Responds to Duke Energy’s Bid to Kill Climate Deception Lawsuit

REI Union Durham Hosts Powerful Community Rally To Celebrate Two-Year Anniversary

Gateway Women's Care, Anti-Abortion Center in Raleigh, Shuts Doors After Picketing by Community Organizers

New Coalition Called ‘Durham Rising’ Holds Town Hall, Makes Broad Demands of Duke University

Army Corps of Engineers Releases Public Notice on MVP Southgate 404 Permit

Durham Association of Educators: Statement on April 24 Durham Public Schools Budget Vote

Riverkeeper: Durham Council Must Vote ‘No’ on More Lick Creek Development

Coalition for Affordable Housing and Transit: Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Requests

“A Bad April Fool’s Joke”: Duke Admin Lowers Stipend Offer, Graduate Student Union Pushes Back

Dispatch from Durham 'Hands Off' Protest

Two Years After Being Fired, REI Union Organizer in Durham Wins Settlement

Why Must We Organize the South?

“Free Mahmoud Khalil Now”: Raleigh Protest Calls for Activist’s Release

150 Businesses, Groups Urge NC Governor to Rein in Fossil Fuel-Friendly Duke Energy

300-Plus Violations Lead to Amended Lick Creek Lawsuit

Reverend Nelson Johnson Presente! We Mourn the Loss of a Movement Giant

Professor Davarian Baldwin Returns to Bull City to Cheer on Duke Respect Durham Campaign

The Great Trading Path: History & Preservation

Interview With CAUSE Leader Rev. Ryan Brown on Amazon Workers Unionizing in Garner, NC

Duke University Deploys 'Pickets, Protests, and Demonstrations' Policy to Silence Dissent

UNC Graduate Workers Hold Rally With Message for Chancellor Roberts: "Pay Us a Living Wage!"

Gov. Cooper Greenwashes Duke Energy Before Leaving Office

“We Fight Back”: Triangle Left Holds Rally on MLK Day in Moore Square

Duke University Students Unfurl Banner Demanding Climate and Social Justice on MLK Day and Trump's Inauguration

Unionized NC DHHS Nurses Win $13,000 Salary Increases

A Coalition of Eight Organizations Hold Statewide Heat and Human Rights Events to Urge Adoption of Federal Heat Standards

Durham Begins 2025 With String of Protests Aimed At County Jail and Sheriff's Proposal for $18 Million Training Facility

Lawsuit Targets Duke Energy’s Decades of Climate Deception, Harm to North Carolina Town

Amazon Workers File for Union Election at Giant RDU1 Facility in Garner

Durham UDO Rewrite Underway, Big Changes for Traditional Neighborhoods

Durham City Council Narrowly Approves Doc Nichols Road and Leesville Road Annexations

Community Turns Out for Update on Durham UDO Rewrite

‘Duke Respect Durham:’ University Urged to Further Contribute, Partner With City

DWA Strengthens Local Labor Movement

Hurricane Helene’s Grid Destruction Amplifies Need for Distributed Power With Storage

$18 Million Training Facility for Durham Sheriff Delayed After Surge of Public Opposition

RDU1 Workers Label $1.50 Raise "A Small Part of What Amazon Should Have Been Paying Us"

In Wake of Disastrous Election, Dozens of Progressive and Leftist Groups Hold Triangle Organizing Fair

Save Oak Flat! Apache Stronghold Struggles to Keep Indigenous Sovereignty Over Sacred Land

Riverkeeper Investigates Lack of Lick Creek Notices of Violations

NC Court of Appeals Upholds Duke Energy Attack on Rooftop Solar

After Historic Strike, Triangle CWA Leader Reflects on Union Victory

Amazon Crime$ at RDU1

Duke Energy Officials Admit “High Risk” of Key Element in Carbon Plan

With Strong Backing From Labor, “Duke Respect Durham” Campaign Holds Kickoff Event

Dispatch from Palestine Demo in Raleigh on September 3rd

"Organizing the South": Theme of UE Local 150 Convention

Southern Summit: Reclaiming Democracy and Defeating Fascism Through Worker and Community Organizing

Durham City Council Seeks Rent Control as Old Police HQ Redeveloped

Riverkeeper Takes NC DEQ Staff on Moriah Energy Center Creek Tour

The Truth About CAUSE and RDU1

Wealthy Donors Backing Mitchell Silver in District A

DHHS Workers Campaign For Safe Staffing

Cops, Williams Co., & Our Future

Duke Energy Bulldozing Through South Carolina Community Mirrors Plans for Rural North Carolina

UNC Housekeepers Win Concessions in Parking Fee Dispute

In New Ad, Mark Robinson Takes Page Out of Anti-Abortion Playbook

Sonya Massey Honored with Vigil in Durham

"Duke Respect Durham" Promotes Fair Taxation of Duke University at Downtown Event

Farmworkers Hold Major Convention in Wilson

Activists Picket Against Gateway Women's Care, a Fake Abortion Clinic Next to NC State

Statewide Ads Plug Local Solar as Fastest, Cheapest, Fairest Way to Help with Climate Crisis

Lick Creek Lawsuit Moves Forward

New Studies Boost Case for Local Solar-Plus-Storage, an Innovative Approach Largely Absent from Duke Energy Carbon Plan

Campaign and Consequences: The 2023 Durham City Council Races

Dispatch from Ceasefire Rally in Raleigh on July 15th

Why CAUSE Fights for “Just Cause” Worker Protections at RDU1

Statement on the Presence of PCBs in Poe Hall

Graduate Workers at Duke University Demand a Living Wage of $50,000 per Year

NC DEQ Verifies Moriah Energy Center Sediment Pollution

Federal Government Allows Failing Mountain Valley Pipeline To Go In-Service

Durham City Workers Win Largest Wage Increases in Many Years, But Fight for Fair Pay Continues

How to Destroy a Councilwoman: The Attack on Dr. Monique Holsey-Hyman

Corning Workers In Tarboro Cast Votes in Union Election

‘No Answers’ at Dominion Energy Open House on Moriah Energy Center

Scores of Businesses, Nonprofits Come Out Against Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan

State DHHS and UNC Workers Hold Political Action Day at North Carolina State Legislature

Union Members and Labor Organizers Converge on Charlotte for Southern Worker School

Rally in Charlotte Demands Accountability From Bankers Who Financed Mountain Valley Pipeline

Durham REI Workers Celebrate One-Year Union Anniversary with Community Rally

Durham City Council Ignores Planning Commission, Votes for Single-Family Sprawl on Virgil Road

Dispatch from Ceasefire Rally in Raleigh on May 19th

Sweeping New Solar Plus Storage Proposal for North Carolina

From the Sky, Riverkeepers Eye Moriah Energy Center Site and Other Pollution Sources

Arab Caucus of North Carolina Democrats Holds Heritage Celebration as First Event

At Carbon Hearing in Durham, Loud Calls for Duke Energy to End Fracked Gas Expansion

‘We’ve Gotten Used to a Nightmare:’ Durham Development Pollutes, Damages Property

Durham Gets Ready to Celebrate the Other Labor Day

PILOT Advocate Visits Durham, Encourages Duke University to Pay Fair Share

A Talk with 7 Directions of Service, the Indigenous-led group resisting the Mountain Valley Pipeline

Durham Union Leaders Meet with Williams and Middleton on Fair Pay

More Proof that Duke Energy Leaders Hate Renewable Power

Wage Austerity for Durham City Workers