Sarah Edwards
@eddysarah.bsky.social
writer and culture editor at @indyweek.bsky.social | poetry + fiction sometimes, gchat often | [email protected] | eddysarah.substack.com
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“Once you know that almost 50,000 people are food insecure in this community that has so much brain power and so much wealth, you cannot turn a blind eye—it’s almost inconceivable that this was such a hidden issue for so long.”
The Country Is Facing a Hunger Crisis. In Durham, As Need Grows, So Does Emanuel Food Pantry.
In five years, the small church initiative has become Durham County’s largest emergency food assistance program.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“Once you know that almost 50,000 people are food insecure in this community that has so much brain power and so much wealth, you cannot turn a blind eye—it’s almost inconceivable that this was such a hidden issue for so long.”
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Rosenberg says the Heritage Communities project was created as a response to “accelerated growth and pace of development” in Durham County. There is a desire to raise awareness about existing communities that development may affect, she says.
Merrick-Moore Named Durham's First Heritage Community
The program honors communities that have never been formally recognized by the city or county. For the historic neighborhood, it’s a way to preserve the past, and protect its future in a growing city.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Rosenberg says the Heritage Communities project was created as a response to “accelerated growth and pace of development” in Durham County. There is a desire to raise awareness about existing communities that development may affect, she says.
“They saw my North Carolina Real ID,” he said. “They were looking for an ID or some sort of documentation, so at that moment, they could have let me free. But no, they decided to take me.”
When he told them he was born in Raleigh, the agent questioning him grew angry, Vazquez said. They abruptly pulled off the road into the parking lot of a carpet cleaning company, where they dumped him, a half mile away from where they picked him up.
‘They Basically Just Kidnapped Me’: US Citizen Taken by Border Patrol in Cary
This article originally published online at NC Newsline. The first thing they asked Fernando Vazquez was “Where are you from?” When two unmarked SUVs full of Border Patrol agents arrived Tuesday at th...
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November 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
“They saw my North Carolina Real ID,” he said. “They were looking for an ID or some sort of documentation, so at that moment, they could have let me free. But no, they decided to take me.”
“When he told them he was born in Raleigh, the agent questioning him grew angry, Vazquez said. They abruptly pulled off the road into the parking lot of a carpet cleaning company, where they dumped him, a half mile away from where they picked him up.” ncnewsline.com/2025/11/20/t...
‘They basically just kidnapped me’: US citizen taken by Border Patrol in Cary • NC Newsline
As Border Patrol agents swept the Triangle area, a construction worker born in the U.S. was among those detained.
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
“When he told them he was born in Raleigh, the agent questioning him grew angry, Vazquez said. They abruptly pulled off the road into the parking lot of a carpet cleaning company, where they dumped him, a half mile away from where they picked him up.” ncnewsline.com/2025/11/20/t...
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DHS said Tuesday that the Charlotte operation had detained more than 200 people since Saturday in what the department describes in a news release as an effort to “Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans.”
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Law and Orders
Even for immigration lawyers, figuring out the Border Patrol’s opaque operation in North Carolina is nearly impossible.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
DHS said Tuesday that the Charlotte operation had detained more than 200 people since Saturday in what the department describes in a news release as an effort to “Target Criminal Illegal Aliens Terrorizing Americans.”
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looking for someone in the greater charlotte area who has spectrum internet to test something for me. if you do pls DM or signal me: @jason.404
November 18, 2025 at 7:22 PM
looking for someone in the greater charlotte area who has spectrum internet to test something for me. if you do pls DM or signal me: @jason.404
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Although Durham officials were not informed of any planned CBP activity, individuals have reported seeing agents in the city, and Nida Allam, who chairs the Durham County Board of Commissioners, said she witnessed three people taken into custody in a Durham shopping center on Avondale Drive.
Federal Agents Are Coming to the Triangle. Here’s What We Know.
Officials say Customs and Border Protection agents are in Raleigh today, and immigrant advocacy groups say they may appear in surrounding areas.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Although Durham officials were not informed of any planned CBP activity, individuals have reported seeing agents in the city, and Nida Allam, who chairs the Durham County Board of Commissioners, said she witnessed three people taken into custody in a Durham shopping center on Avondale Drive.
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Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY that agents are coming to the state capital.
Immigration Agents Coming to Raleigh Tuesday, Sources Say
Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY agents are coming to the state capital.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Democratic legislative sources briefed by Gov. Josh Stein’s office told The Assembly and INDY that agents are coming to the state capital.
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After only vague warnings in the preceding days, masked and uniformed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers had arrived in Charlotte’s Latino neighborhoods this weekend. The operation follows a two-month campaign in Chicago called Operation Midway. www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
Fear, Protest, and Preparation As 80+ Are Reportedly Detained in Charlotte
As federal immigration officers descended on the Queen City, the city’s immigrant and activist communities braced for what’s to come.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
After only vague warnings in the preceding days, masked and uniformed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers had arrived in Charlotte’s Latino neighborhoods this weekend. The operation follows a two-month campaign in Chicago called Operation Midway. www.theassemblync.com/news/politic...
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Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Never forget that just a week ago, Ross Douthat and the NYTimes were asking if women ruined the workplace.
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I can’t even
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I can’t even
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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
All I have to say about the Nuzzi profile is that at the end of it she jokes about how she destroyed her life. In fact she did not do that. She has a book, a magazine job, this lovely profile. People’s lives are being destroyed by this administration, however, including by -well, you know.
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After almost two years, Missy Lane's Assembly Room - one of very few jazz clubs in the South owned by a Black woman - has closed its doors in downtown Durham.
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Missy Lane's Assembly Room has closed
It was announced on Thursday that the jazz club Missy Lane's Assembly Room has closed.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:48 PM
After almost two years, Missy Lane's Assembly Room - one of very few jazz clubs in the South owned by a Black woman - has closed its doors in downtown Durham.
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Inbox: Durham County has named a new director of the Durham County Library
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Inbox: Durham County has named a new director of the Durham County Library
ICYMI - a piece on the life of Allan Troxler, whose creativity and “capacious spirit,” as one of his friends described it to me, helped quietly anchor the fight for gay rights, environmental protections, and other ongoing struggles
At its best, creative work challenges what the artist David Wojnarowicz called “the preinvented world”—the restrictive blueprint of roles and rules we’re born into—and makes visible what has been hidden, allowing someone to read a passage and say, “I remember, this is my life.”
The Archive Tells the Story
On October 26, the Durham artist Allan Troxler died. A trailblazer in the fight for gay rights, he leaves an indelible legacy behind.
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November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ICYMI - a piece on the life of Allan Troxler, whose creativity and “capacious spirit,” as one of his friends described it to me, helped quietly anchor the fight for gay rights, environmental protections, and other ongoing struggles
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The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, launched in 2022, had benefits beyond health and quality-of-life improvements. UNC-Chapel Hill researchers found it saved $1,020/year per recipient on health care costs and participants had “significantly lower” ER visits than peers.
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The Medicaid Program That Saved Money, Turned People’s Health Around — and Got Killed
The end of the Healthy Opportunities Pilot in North Carolina is a story of how MAHA might actually be realized — or not — at the state level.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The Healthy Opportunities Pilot, launched in 2022, had benefits beyond health and quality-of-life improvements. UNC-Chapel Hill researchers found it saved $1,020/year per recipient on health care costs and participants had “significantly lower” ER visits than peers.
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If you think the origins of a pipe cannot make for compelling investigative reporting, boy do I have a story for you
A Stormwater Pipe Is Destroying Her Home. Who’s Responsible?
Mandy McGhee bought her Walltown home through a program designed to help low-income buyers build generational wealth. But a stormwater pipe that’s been eroding her foundation for years is putting that...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you think the origins of a pipe cannot make for compelling investigative reporting, boy do I have a story for you
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“Talking to people, and especially with school media centers, they’re just not comfortable. They are just trying to stay under the radar. Because they are feeling so under attack, they just want to tread really quietly.”
As Book Bans Spike, Public and School Librarians In Wake County Juggle Divergent Challenges
New policies have helped keep Wake County libraries resilient against censorship, but book challenges continue to have a chilling effect.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
“Talking to people, and especially with school media centers, they’re just not comfortable. They are just trying to stay under the radar. Because they are feeling so under attack, they just want to tread really quietly.”
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Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Like I dunno, maybe the reason it took a lady to break open the story of all the men protecting the dude trafficking underage girls is because the male journos were all emailing him making jokes about it?
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An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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My great-grandmother was a lunch lady in rural Georgia and was just as tough, resourceful, and caring as all of these wonderful ladies. Thank you for lifting them up, @bittersouth.bsky.social! 🥹 bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies — THE BITTER SOUTHERNER
Blessed are the women who watch over America’s children.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
My great-grandmother was a lunch lady in rural Georgia and was just as tough, resourceful, and caring as all of these wonderful ladies. Thank you for lifting them up, @bittersouth.bsky.social! 🥹 bittersoutherner.com/issue-no-12/...
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To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
“would you like photos of donald and girls in bikinis in my kitchen?” -Jeffrey Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
To recap: Jeffrey Epstein offered a NY Times reporter photos taken in Epstein's kitchen of Donald Trump and girls in bikinis *and* implored the NYT reporter to put this information in the public discourse in 2015
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
What did the NY Times editors know about this offer?
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From the archives: For history nerds, the Open Durham database is invaluable. But as development continues aggressively apace, it is also evidence of, and an argument for, a rapidly vanishing city.
How Open Durham Is Chronicling the Bull City’s Storied Past and Swiftly Changing Present
As development continues aggressively apace, the Open Durham database is evidence of, and argument for, a rapidly vanishing city.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
From the archives: For history nerds, the Open Durham database is invaluable. But as development continues aggressively apace, it is also evidence of, and an argument for, a rapidly vanishing city.
If you think the origins of a pipe cannot make for compelling investigative reporting, boy do I have a story for you
A Stormwater Pipe Is Destroying Her Home. Who’s Responsible?
Mandy McGhee bought her Walltown home through a program designed to help low-income buyers build generational wealth. But a stormwater pipe that’s been eroding her foundation for years is putting that...
indyweek.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
If you think the origins of a pipe cannot make for compelling investigative reporting, boy do I have a story for you