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Allen Johnson

@AllenJohnsonNR

News & Record editorial page editor UNC and Dudley High alum Greensboro native and Green Bay Packer fan

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Gun shop owner and legislator can’t think of anything he can do to stop the violence except pray.
Senator Ted Budd (@SenTedBuddNC) profile pictureSenator Ted Budd
@SenTedBuddNC24 May 2022
Please join me in praying for the children and families involved in this horrific shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Words cannot express our grief over such an unspeakable act of evil.
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GREENSBORO — Duke is out of the ACC Tournament and its basketball season appears to be over. greensboro.com/sports/colleg…

Duke out of ACC Tournament and season is over after positive COVID-19 test

GREENSBORO — Duke is out of the ACC Tournament and its basketball season is over.

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Good luck and good news for Greensboro.
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Joe Ovies@joeovies31 Aug 2020
.@Ed_Hardin is fed up with some of y’all. greensboro.com/sports/ed-har…

Ed Hardin: The world is changing, and some people can't handle it

So I heard from a few of my readers this week. Seems not all of them are on the same page as the athletes across the country who are expressing

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John Newsom@JohnFNewsom25 Mar 2020
What in the world?!
Colin Campbell (@RaleighReporter) profile pictureColin Campbell@RaleighReporter25 Mar 2020
Somehow the #ncga cafeteria is still open and people are dining in.
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John Newsom@JohnFNewsom4 Mar 2020
Everyone needs some more ACC mascots in their lives greensboro.com/gallery/featu…

Photos: ACC mascots visit General Greene Elementary

ACC mascots were at General Greene Elementary in Greensboro, N.C., on Wednesday, March 4, 2020 to greet students as they were dropped off for the school day.

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John Robinson@johnrobinson9 Jan 2020
UNC ranked best university in the world! A lot of good news coming out of the class I teach.
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) profile pictureDonald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump9 Jan 2020
U.S. Cancer Death Rate Lowest In Recorded History! A lot of good news coming out of this Administration.
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Y’all acting like the Klan doing stuff like this in NC is unusual.
Graig Meyer (@GraigMeyer) profile pictureGraig Meyer@GraigMeyer24 Aug 2019
This isn’t a scene from a hundred years ago. This is right now, in front of the Hillsborough, NC Courthouse. Contemporary racism erupts in our backyard.
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Trump's biggest supporter Dinesh D'Souza tweets out arguably the single stupidest thing ever . Sigh. dailykos.com/story/2019/8/12…
Trump’s biggest supporter Dinesh D’Souza tweets out arguably the single stupidest thing ever

Trump’s biggest supporter Dinesh D’Souza tweets out arguably the single stupidest thing ever

Social media roasts Dinesh D’Souza for misinterpreting Australian winter—read the viral exchanges!

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The secret to success: Work like a sonuvabitch via @johnrobinson johnlrobinson.com/2019/08/th…
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John Newsom's shares an interesting WRAL story about the lack of diversity at NC Teaching Fellows schools.
John Newsom (@JohnFNewsom) profile pictureJohn Newsom@JohnFNewsom16 May 2019
Your five NC Teaching Fellows schools: Carolina, State, Charlotte, Elon, Meredith. That's not exactly the most diverse group of schools you'll ever seen. UNCC (57% white) has the most diverse student body of the five. wral.com/nothing-s-really-ch…
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So far, very good. 'Phenomenal' community response: Tanger Center reaches its 12,000-deposit limit for first Broadway season greensboro.com/blogs/gotriad… via @NewsandRecord
'Phenomenal' community response: Tanger Center reaches its 12,000-deposit limit for first Broadway...

'Phenomenal' community response: Tanger Center reaches its 12,000-deposit limit for first Broadway...

Greensboro's Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts has exceeded 10,000 deposits of $100 each for reserved seats for the inaugural 2020-2021 Broadway season.

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A sweet and giving soul whom I met when she was at the News & Record but really got to know when she was at WXII. Kenion, Jerry Sybil Mann greensboro.com/obituaries/ke… via @NewsandRecord
Kenion, Jerry Sybil Mann

Kenion, Jerry Sybil Mann

GREENSBORO Jerry Sybil Mann Kenion passed away Thursday, April 4, 2019. Jerry was born June 13, 1939 in Greensboro to the late Edward Walker Mann and Pauline McBane Mann. She

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I am shocked ... Zion Williamson is heading to the NBA newsobserver.com/sports/arti…
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Hard guy to hate ... Allen Johnson: The Zion question greensboro.com/opinion/colum… via @NewsandRecord
Allen Johnson: The Zion question

Allen Johnson: The Zion question

After a four-year sojourn in the far-flung wildernesses of D.C., Brooklyn and Charlotte, the ACC men’s basketball tournament returns next year to where it belongs: in Greensboro.

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From the frying pan? USC selects Carol Folt as new president as university tries to move past scandals latimes.com/local/lanow/la-m…
USC selects Carol Folt as new president as university tries to move past scandals

USC selects Carol Folt as new president as university tries to move past scandals

Carol L.

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Another police chase that could have ended very badly. Man drove toward officers, hit patrol cars before leading police on chase into downtown Winston-Salem, police say journalnow.com/news/local/ma… via @JournalNow
Man drove toward officers, hit patrol cars before leading police on chase into downtown Winston-S...

Man drove toward officers, hit patrol cars before leading police on chase into downtown Winston-S...

A man who led police on a chase into downtown Winston-Salem Tuesday morning is accused of driving directly toward officers and colliding with two unmarked patrol cars, authorities said. No

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Probably not what the Rocky Mount Chamber of Commerce needed to hear: More than half of DMV workers asked say they’ll quit if agency moves to Rocky Mount newsobserver.com/news/politi…
More than half of DMV workers polled say they’ll quit if agency moves to Rocky Mount

More than half of DMV workers polled say they’ll quit if agency moves to Rocky Mount

A vote to approve the lease could come Tuesday morning when the Council of State meets.

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You don't have to look far for proof. You could start with data from Trump's Justice Department. Allen Johnson: Despite the Smollett fiasco, hate crimes are not a myth greensboro.com/opinion/colum… via @NewsandRecord
Allen Johnson: Despite the Smollett fiasco, hate crimes are not a myth

Allen Johnson: Despite the Smollett fiasco, hate crimes are not a myth

A caller asked me the other day to rank my top three hate crimes.

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(Possibly good news ... and downtown to boot) NY apparel company wants $426,000 in incentives from Greensboro to open an office downtown. It could produce 200-plus jobs. greensboro.com/business/loca… via @NewsandRecord
N.Y. apparel company wants $426,000 in incentives from Greensboro to open an office downtown. It...

N.Y. apparel company wants $426,000 in incentives from Greensboro to open an office downtown. It...

The jobs at Centric Brands would pay an average annual salary of $54,014 plus benefits, according to the public notice.

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