Indy Week
Indy Week, formerly known as the Independent Weekly and originally the North Carolina Independent, is a tabloid-format alternative weekly newspaper published in Durham, North Carolina, United States, and distributed throughout the Research Triangle area (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, and Cary) and counties (Wake County, Durham County, Orange County, and Chatham County). Its first issue was published in April 1983. Indy Week is a member of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and has a progressive, liberal political perspective. The Columbia Journalism Review has cited the newspaper for its "spine of steel."[citation needed] The print edition is published on Wednesdays.
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There was a buoyancy in the room on Monday night as Durham city council members filed into their seats at the dais. City staff members shook hands and congratulated one another. More than half of the community members in attendance—a team of baseball and softball Little League champions, folks from the refugee community, and a young boy bringing awareness to cleft and craniofacial differences—looked on with excitement; they were being honored during ceremonial agenda items. “I’m really excited about tonight,” said Mayor Leonardo Williams. “The room looks really different than...