Teacher Supply Store Helps CHCCS Get Back To School
The average teacher spends $500 out of pocket on school supplies each year – but this annual initiative is there to help.
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Aaron Keck
August 15, 2017: Charlottesville/Durham
Confronting a troubling history – a history that’s present as well as past.
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Addressing the scars of racism, past and present.
Read MoreAugust 16, 2017: Responding To Charlottesville
What role should public figures play when responding to issues like racism and events like Charlottesville?
Read MoreAugust 17, 2017: After Charlottesville
A break from the usual format: Aaron and Scott discuss this week’s events in historical context.
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How prevalent is racism in America today?
Read MoreWeek of August 14, 2017
No mayors this week?! But Emma Jenkins-Sullivan stopped by to give an update on Chapel Hill’s Food for the Summer program.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2017: Charlottesville/Durham
This week, America is forced to confront its past (and its present).
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The Music in My Head – 8/18/17
8/18/17: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club “Complicated Situation” I’ve been thinking a lot about protest music this week. Gosh, no idea why. This isn’t something people always notice, but the best protest songs always tend to be very non-specific. Protest songs that address something in particular – I don’t know, maybe they tend to sound preachy? But the really great ones, the enduring ones, they’re not about a specific event or a specific person – they all seem to be protesting Things In General. Bob Dylan got it. Has any song ever been vaguer than “Blowin’ in the Wind”?...
Read MoreAugust 11, 2017: Downers
North Korea and opioids. (Also, what activity would you do if you could do nothing else?)
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