#NorthCarolina

[azspot]

So the city decided that all of the $1 million in basic-income funds would go to a single, vulnerable group: formerly incarcerated residents.

Many taxpayers were not happy about this. As the program neared its launch in March 2022, Middleton's inbox and mailbox were flooded with messages filled with epithets. They came from white residents in the more conservative counties near Durham to recent transplants from liberal strongholds like New York City and the Bay Area. They demanded to know why the city was underwriting criminals, disincentivizing work with free handouts, and spending public dollars to help people who, in some opinions, might not deserve help.

Middleton's answer to all criticism was steadfast, simple, and by his own admission, "very selfish."

"We're going to have to pay for these people one way or another, either in incarceration, benefits, homeless shelters, whatever it is," he told me. "It seems to me that spending more money up front makes more sense than housing folks, monitoring and feeding them, and taking care of their healthcare in prison."

He encourages skeptical taxpayers to look at universal basic income from the same "selfish point of view." "By virtue of your humanity, your citizenship, and your residency," he added, "there's a certain line we will not allow you to fall under because it's good policy for us."

Though the data is still nascent, basic income has proven to be good policy everywhere it's been tested in America. The Durham program would be one of its greatest tests yet.

#northcarolina #ubi

[lasseling]

School Suspends Student for Saying ‘Illegal Alien’ during English Assignment

A 16-year-old student at Central Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina, has been suspended after he used the term “illegal alien” during a vocabulary assignment in his English class.

#ChristianMcGhee #student #CentralDavidson #HighSchool #Lexington #NorthCarolina #Studentsuspended #illegalalien

[noaasanctuaries]

50 years ago this week, the USS Monitor was discovered off the North Carolina coast, 16 miles south-southeast of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Today, this site is protected by Monitor National Marine Sanctuary.

Because the wreck site of Monitor is not easily accessed by the average diver, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and The Mariners' Museum have created this virtual collection to act as a public resource to display many of the artifacts in pre- and post-treatment status to highlight the benefits of conservation and the science behind the conservation process. 

Explore the collection to learn more about the USS Monitor's artifacts and the stories these historic treasures can tell about the U.S. Civil War and life at sea in the 1860's: 

#Shipwreck #EarthIsBlue #History #CivilWar #Monitor #NorthCarolina

[davidnajewiczphotography]

Architectural reflections, Raleigh, NC

#photographers on tumblr #original photography #street photography #architecture #raleigh #northcarolina

[jasonlowder-project]

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#original photographers #photographers on tumblr #nature #northcarolina #monochrome #forest

[pretty-white-561]

“What’s your favorite scary movie?”

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[jaubaius]

Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, baseball field in Autumn.

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#photos #autumn #beautiful #mountaineers #northcarolina #baseball field

[earthanthem]

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[chelseaintheskywithdiamonds]

#northcarolina #sky #skyporn #clouds #cloudcore #pastel #sunset

[coffeenuts]

#IFTTT #Flickr #dragonfly #lotus #sarahdukegardens #duke #durham #northcarolina

[azspot]

Perhaps most concerningly, the budget would drastically change the state’s public records laws. It does this by giving legislators full control over their documents and records, which previously would have automatically been subject to public requests. Under the new law, the text of which was obtained by The News & Observer and published here, legislators would have the discretion to decide whether a document is a public record or whether to turn it “over to the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, or retain, destroy, sell, loan, or otherwise dispose of, such records.”

#democracy #northcarolina #gop

[bryanreganphotography]

Day/ 256

#greensboro #nc #northcarolina #sit in #woolworths #north carolina #365 #project 365 #365 project #365project #history

[johnnyslittleanimalblog]

Lion cubs by ucumari photography Via Flickr:  First day out.

#zoo #northcarolina #animal #mammal #cat #lion #cub #ImpressedBeauty #december #2006 #AnimalKingdomElite #ABIgFave #AnAwesomeShot #specnature #SpecAnimal #NaturesFinest #ucumariphotography #ColorPhotoAward #NC #flickr

[davidnajewiczphotography]

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh NC .... very striking piece of sculpture - something very ominous about it

#photographers on tumblr #original photography #art #northcarolina #raleigh #art installation #sculpture

[aaliyahunleashed]

August 2, 1995 Aaliyah with #KCi and #MrDalvin from #Jodeci“

Aaliyah attends the source hip-hop music awards – rehearsal at Madison Square Garden Paramount Theater in New York, NY. On this day, she sported a baby blue North Carolina basketball jersey sporting Michael Jordan’s numbers (#23). Aaliyah was a huge fan of Michael Jordan.

#aaliyah #ripaaliyah #aaliyahhaughton #michaeljordan #NorthCarolina #deathrow #badboy #deathrowrecords #badboyrecords #sourceawards #rehearsal

[turbobuckeye]

#FastFriday 🐍 Custom Dodge Viper ACR. 📷: @coreyradcliff4 | www.dodge.com⁣ ⁣ #Dodge #Mopar #SRT #dodgegarage #1320club #v10 @dodgeofficial @stellantisna @officialmopar #645hp #DodgeViper #Viper #carswithoutlimits #carlifestyle #AmericanSupercar #SuperCars #LXBN #sportscar #dodgeviperACR #ACR #northcarolina (at North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClsxERIuFDZ/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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