Noor Nazir
Noor Nazir is a senior at Duke University studying International Affairs, Journalism and Computer Science. Originally from Pakistan, she is a columnist for The Duke Chronicle and an editorial intern for Duke Today. She has also reported for the 9th Street Journal, producing data-driven coverage of local elections, work that earned her the Frank Barrows Award for Excellence in Collegiate Journalism. Her reporting interests begin and end with community.
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Charlotte Black Pride wrapped up its annual festival this month with parties, performances and community events celebrating the city’s Black LGBTQ+ community. But behind the festivities, organizers were confronting a growing financial challenge. -
As Charlotte weighs a 9 p.m. youth curfew, police, researchers and teenagers disagree over what is driving teen takeovers and what it will take to keep them from turning violent. -
Dozens of protesters marched through uptown Charlotte this weekend, demanding changes to federal immigration enforcement after three recent deaths connected to Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
After nearly two years of rallies, some Palestinian organizers in Charlotte are trying a new approach: sports and social events designed to raise money and reach people who wouldn't otherwise show up to a protest. -
At watch parties in uptown and South End, family ties, childhood memories and shared identities shaped whom fans backed in the World Cup semifinals. -
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department on Tuesday recommended that the city implement a 9 p.m. curfew for everyone under 18 to address youth crime and so-called “teen takeovers.” -
Are e-bikes making Charlotte’s streets more dangerous? A Charlotte City Council member is pushing the city to study the issue as residents raise concerns about reckless riders, excessive speed and streets designed around cars. -
With dangerous heat blanketing the South, construction workers in Charlotte say they keep showing up — even when the work leaves them exhausted. -
Indivisible Charlotte’s pop-up protests have spread to dozens of intersections across the city, where many retired residents say they are standing in for people who cannot. -
The hottest weather of the summer is settling into the Charlotte region, with temperatures climbing toward 100 degrees each day through the holiday weekend.
