After burning through the Raleigh club scene, American Aquarium frontman BJ Barham had a plan for failure. Then success and a family arrived.
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Greg Lindberg’s Plan to Live Forever
After appealing a high-profile bribery conviction, the billionaire has reinvented himself as an anti-aging guru. But can he out run the clock?
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The Declaration of Independence’s (Possible?) Origins in North Carolina
Who’s Your Founding Father? takes a gonzo approach to unpacking the origin of our establishing edict.
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Egos, Accountability, and High School Sports
A two-year legislative inquiry culminated last week in a bipartisan compromise over the state’s High School Sports Association. The very public fight mirrors a national debate over amateur athletics: Just how big should school sports be? And who gets to benefit?
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The Next Chapter of Hollywood East
Politics wounded the state’s once-thriving film industry. But now, a bipartisan $68 million incentives bill offers a new script, marked by soaring post-pandemic demand and a shaky ideological truce. As neighboring states seize the regional film mantle, can North Carolina compete?