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Peaceful march to the polls in North Carolina is met with police pepper spray and arrests

by Barry Yeoman on November 1, 2020

By Barry Yeoman and Isaac Stanley-Becker. Originally published in The Washington Post. GRAHAM, N.C. — The voters came in black sweatshirts emblazoned with the mantra of the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis, who celebrated “good trouble.” Fists and iPhones raised, they chanted “Black lives matter” and promised “power to the people,” […]

N.C. police arrest at least 8, spray ‘pepper-based vapor’ to disperse voter turnout march

by Barry Yeoman on October 31, 2020

Originally published in The Washington Post GRAHAM, N.C. — Law enforcement officers fired a spray they described as a “pepper-based vapor” that left demonstrators — including children — coughing at an “I Am Change” march for voter turnout. The racially diverse crowd of about 400 had stopped at a Confederate monument in front of the […]

A Hierarchy of Needs

by Barry Yeoman on September 27, 2020

Click here for “A Hierarchy of Needs,” Carolina Alumni Review, September-October 2020 issue. Opens as a PDF.

Is any protest a threat to public safety?

by Barry Yeoman on July 29, 2020

Yes, said this small North Carolina city. Originally published in The Washington Post. GRAHAM, N.C. — ON SATURDAY MORNING, AS 100 demonstrators stood in a small downtown plaza chanting racial justice slogans, Barrett Brown decided to raise the stakes. Brown, the president of the NAACP’s area branch, grabbed a cardboard poster and slipped across the […]

Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional

by Barry Yeoman on June 14, 2020

Click here for “Judge declares much of N.C. ag-gag law unconstitutional,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, June 2020.

On the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank

by Barry Yeoman on April 7, 2020

Click here for “On the Front Lines at a North Carolina Food Bank,” Food & Environment Reporting Network, April 2020.

In North Carolina, pandemic prompts farmer cooperation

by Barry Yeoman on March 20, 2020

Click here for “In North Carolina, pandemic prompts farmer cooperation,” Food and Environment Reporting Network, March 2020.

A Woman Not of Her Time

by Barry Yeoman on March 16, 2020

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “A Woman Not of Her Time,” Carolina Alumni Review, March-April 2020 issue.

The Quest for an AIDS Vaccine

by Barry Yeoman on February 5, 2020

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “The Quest for an AIDS Vaccine,” Duke Magazine, Winter 2019-2020 issue.

The Healer

by Barry Yeoman on September 8, 2019

Please click here to be directed to the PDF of “The Healer,” Carolina Alumni Review, September/October 2019.

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