BrianHe’s toured Europe with hip hop legend KRS-One. So why has no one in his hometown who G-$antana is? Senior Editor Jordan Green tracks the meteoric rise of the Greensboro emcee over the past 12 months in this week’s Triad City Beat cover story.

NEWS

dejuan-yourse-officer-coleVideo shows police brutality, activists demand broader change

Cooperative grocery proposed for food-scarce West Salem area

Charter school proponents take aim at school board incumbents

 

OPINION

nikki-miller-ka• Editorial: Cops on TV

• Fresh Eyes: A foodie apologia

• Editor’s Notebook: Trump for kids

 

COLUMNS

Ricky Watson (courtesy photo)

• Citizen Green: Guilford court system produces reformer

• Sportsball: Cam Newton and taking a knee

• All She Wrote: Prêt-a-porter politics (reprise)

 

 

CULTURE

village-juice• Food: Smoothie bowls might sound dumb, but they taste great

• Barstool: Opening for new bar Bearded Goat imminent

• Art: Stripping away text reveals cultural assumptions about white women

 

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