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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Duke graduate students are demanding that the university increase wages for graduate workers from $38,600 to $50,000 a year, decrying the disparity between Duke’s stipends and stipends of other universities in its cohort. The Duke Graduate Students Union (DGSU) spelled out the demand in a February petition that has garnered more than 1,000 signatures from graduate students, faculty and staff, and community supporters as of July 9. The petition cites the current living wage in Durham County—$49,531 a year for a single adult with no dependents; $85,292 for an adult...