Sep 18, 2018 | Blog, Fear & Loathing in Cape Fear |
I woke up Sunday morning thinking I’d dodged the worst of Hurricane Florence’s landfall. My house was built in 1840 and stands five blocks from the Cape Fear River, sixty-five feet above the water line. That didn’t seem to matter, though, when my phone buzzed on...
Aug 24, 2018 | Blog, Muck |
Earlier this week, protesters gathered around a Confederate monument on the UNC campus in Chapel Hill to do what their governor, state legislature and board of regents would not: Topple a confederate monument that many of the students considered racist. The monument...
Dec 6, 2017 | Blog, Muck |
I spent a lot of time covering sports doping, and have to say that the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban Russia from next winter’s Games is by any measure extraordinary. But not for the reasons you may think. There have always been two Olympics: The...
Aug 28, 2017 | Alerts, News, Sonny Liston |
What a wonderful way to end the summer. On August 15, The National Association of Black Journalists recognized me and my good friend, Jean-Jacques Taylor, for our story about the misunderstood signs of mental illness, Broken Route, The category was specialty reporting...