
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.
Along with a new mayor, Janet Cowell, Raleigh’s city council will see a new leader in one of its district seats while six incumbents will remain on the council. In District A, Mitchell Silver, Raleigh’s former planning director, ousted first-term incumbent Mary Black and defeated another challenger, Whitney Hill, taking about 40 percent of the vote. Black, 30, an environmental justice advocate with a background in social media strategy, was elected in 2022 as part of a cohort of four newcomers, all progressive millennial women. Black had broad appeal with...