Duke professors express uncertainty about consequences of White House dysfunction
August 30, 2017Several Duke professors are unsure about how the recent turnover in the Trump administration will affect his presidency.
Several Duke professors are unsure about how the recent turnover in the Trump administration will affect his presidency.
A team of Duke students spent the summer creating a more efficient mechanism to map tobacco retailers in Durham County—which has over 250—and North Carolina, which has over 15,000.
Protesters gathered downtown Friday afternoon in response to a rumored white supremacist rally. The Durham County Sheriff's Office released a statement that it would partially close Main Street.
Durham protesters toppled a Confederate monument near East Campus Monday night. Dedicated in May 1924, the Confederate monument depicted a common soldier with a Confederate seal. The monument—which is located in front of the Old Durham County Courthouse—is about a mile from East Campus.
Following incumbent mayor Bill Bell’s retirement announcement earlier this year, several new faces have filed for candidacy in Durham's mayoral race.
In response to Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the city of Durham and Duke University have reaffirmed their commitment to combating climate change.
On May 4, President Donald Trump signed an executive order “promoting free speech and religious liberty”—specifically seeking to push back on aspects of the Johnson Amendment.
Duke did not rank among the top 20 North Carolina colleges for student voter turnout during the 2016 presidential election, according to a recent study.
Rann Bar-On, lecturer in the mathematics department, was arrested Saturday for assaulting a law enforcement officer and injuring personal property, reported The Times-News of Burlington.
A Duke student has been reported missing near his Franklin, Mass. home. Michael Doherty, a rising junior in the Pratt School of Engineering, was last seen more than 16 hours ago.
President Donald Trump has publicly disregarded the 100-day evaluation of his presidency as "ridiculous." However, what exactly Trump has been able to accomplish during his first 100 days is a subject of contention.
After receiving support from local authorities this week, the Durham-Orange light rail’s cost-sharing agreement is headed to the Federal Transit Administration for review. The Durham-Orange light rail—a 17.7 mile project that would connect Durham and Orange Counties and feature stops at Duke, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina Central University—is slated to be complete by 2028.
In late July 2016, Khizr Khan became one of the most memorable images of the last night of the Democratic National Convention when the gold star, Muslim-American father pulled a pocket constitution from his jacket and offered to lend it to then-presidential candidate Donald Trump. On Thursday night, Khan again pulled out his pocket constitution—but instead of speaking to the thousands gathered in Philadelphia and the country watching from TV screens, Khan was delivering the James P.
Duke experts presented arguments both in favor of and against President Donald Trump's executive order banning immigration at an event Thursday.
President Donald Trump recently revoked former President Barack Obama's Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces executive order with one of his own.
While Duke students are winding down the semester and awaiting final grades, Governor Roy Cooper is getting the first report card of his young term—the 100 day check-in.
Deborah Ross—former state legislator and U.S. Senate candidate—discussed the role of gender in politics during a talk Tuesday evening.
The Raleigh-Durham area is one of the top 20 hubs for tech startups in the country, according to recent data from the Progressive Policy Institute and TechNet.
Duke boasted a record-low regular decision acceptance rate this year, but how does the University stack up with peer institutions?
The 2008 financial crisis might help explain President Donald Trump’s rise to the presidency, but not how many people would expect.