Chapel Hill

Journalist May Take Legal Action Against UNC Over Tenure Controversy

10:35am May 28, 2021

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones may take legal action against the University of North Carolina over a controversial decision denying her tenure.

Report: Tenure Offer Revoked From Slavery Project Journalist

10:08am May 20, 2021

by Associated Press

Faculty members of a North Carolina university want an explanation for the school's reported decision to back away from offering a tenured teaching position to journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, whose

As members of the local Muslim community, Summer Hamad and her daughter Marjan Hamad were personally affected by the murder of three young Muslim-Americans in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Feb. 10th, 2015. After the shootings, they both decided to begin wearing th

Muslim Community Remembers Chapel Hill Victims

11:45pm February 10, 2016

by Reema Khrais

A year after a gunman killed 3 young Muslim-Americans in North Carolina, many in the local Muslim community has responded by being more vocal and visible around issues of faith.

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Yusor Abu-Salha (right) recorded a StoryCorps interview last summer with her former teacher, Sister Jabeen. Abu-Salha died earlier this week, along with her sister and husband.

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'We're All One,' Chapel Hill Shooting Victim Said In StoryCorps Talk

10:37am February 13, 2015

by Bill Chappell

"Growing up in America has been such a blessing," Yusor Abu-Salha said in a conversation with her former teacher that was recorded by the StoryCorps oral history project last summer.