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A mittened Bernie Sanders meme was all the rage during Inauguration Week. So we brought the shivering socialist home to NC.
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Commentary Sending Teachers Back to Classrooms for Tests Is Absolute Madness

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Culture Caroline Lattimore, a Durham member of the historically Black Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, joined many of her sisters celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris' inauguration Wednesday. (Image via Lattimore)
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