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This year marks the 50th anniversary of many monumental moments of the civil rights movement.And a group of scholars and activists gather today at the…

The term “social inequality” points to disparities in economics. But in reality, social inequality means inequities in many spheres: health, law,…

More than 30 Durham Public School students recently published a novel that combines fact, fiction and illustration.“Running For Hope” (John Hope Young…

State lawmakers around the nation offer tax incentives to manufacturers in hopes of bringing new jobs to their state. But what happens when they strike…

Astronaut Chris Hadfield was first inspired to pursue a career in space travel at 9 years old after watching the Apollo 11 Moon landing on television. The…

The U.S. Supreme Court ordered the North Carolina Supreme Court to reconsider the controversial redistricting measures taken by the legislature in 2011.…

A white-toothed smile is a gesture that many likely engage in dozens of times a day without thought. Historian Colin Jones traced the history of the smile…

State lawmakers recently negotiated a deal that originally would have weakened North Carolina's requirements for renewables as one source of the state's…

In 1972, Frances Campbell was a mother of two, simply looking for a part-time job in Chapel Hill, when she stumbled upon what would be a groundbreaking…

UNC-Chapel Hill announced a partnership this week with pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to work on a cure for AIDS. Scientists say what once was a…