Increasing legislator pay would not prevent self-serving politicians from running for office, but it would introduce a financial incentive that would both increase the pool of candidates and provide a counterweight to the perverse incentive of special interests.
The roughly 5,000 new first-years at UNC, some dear friends included, experienced their welcome-to-college hurrah running for cover in the basement of their nearest building as they decided whether to text home.
By offering a synopsis of this legislative session, we hope Duke students will recognize how the decisions being made in that building are directly impacting their lives and others around the state.
Duke University has an obligation to provide guidance and resources around reproductive health which meet nationally-accepted standards of care.
By sending this email voicing opposition to North Carolina’s new law, Duke signals that many viewpoints are not welcome here.
In order to mitigate the negative effects of extreme heat and ensure that communities of color are adequately protected, Durham must amend its city Tree Ordinance and collaborate with vulnerable communities to target planting.
What was the Beatles' greatest accomplishment? It was neither selling over 1 billion records worldwide, nor revolutionizing the entire music industry nor becoming a major symbol of the 1960s social and cultural transformation. What people don't realize is that John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were actually pioneers of public safety.
If you really think about it, the only choice we have is rest.
We pledge to cease our donations and other forms of in-kind support to the University until Duke ends its obstruction of graduate student workers’ right to unionize and collectively bargain.
We want to see the day when Duke doesn’t need SHAPE. Until then, SHAPE will be on the front line igniting cultural and institutional, survivor-centric change.
The Shops, David, and Erin were integral to my experience at Duke, for and beyond everything they taught me about theater.
As we asked question after question hoping to hear at least one encouraging response, we were repeatedly told that the issue of immigration was too complex and politicized to address at this time.
House Bill 533, also known as the “The Human Life Protection Act”, was proposed by Rep. Keith Kidwell (R-Beaufort) very recently... 1 in 4 women will receive abortions in their lives, and Duke students are no exception to that statistic.
My plea to Duke students, and really anyone in North Carolina, is to stay vigilant and speak out in support of common sense gun legislation.
We are extending voting time until 2 pm EST this afternoon to account for the time we took to fix and publicize the ballot.
Christ’s refusal to circumvent the question of suffering allows us to suffer well...We can repeat the same phrase back to Him: “Lord, this is my body…broken for You.”
Duke University is complicit in apartheid. Hosting Zionist leaders is an act of normalization — one that we refuse to let go unprotested.
I support North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper’s quick veto of Senate Bill 41 which would remove a vital step in keeping guns out of the hands of people who would do harm to themselves or others.
It is Duke’s responsibility to ensure political speeches don’t get masqueraded as academic discourse, which is what we believe occurred this past Wednesday.
We will be attending the event featuring former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett at Duke this Wednesday because we believe that the only way these causes, as well as the imperative of peace, will be served is through meaningful dialogue, engagement and education.
