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  • Why this Raleigh children’s bookstore calls its reopening a “community homecoming.”
  • How are ICE crackdowns playing out in Raleigh neighborhoods?

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📰 News we're reading

• 'A community homecoming': Liberation Station set to reopen in new Raleigh location (wral.com) — Liberation Station, North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore, is reopening Monday at 10 a.m. at 430 Hill Street in Raleigh, across from St. Augustine’s University. Owner Victoria Scott-Miller calls it a “community homecoming,” with expanded books, resources, and programming, plus speeches from her two sons to inspire local children and families.
   

• Has ice gone too far in North Carolina – [your]NEWS (yournews.com) — Raleigh is one of several North Carolina cities seeing a sharp rise in ICE arrests, fueling protests and worries about civil rights and community trust. The piece lays out arguments from both critics and supporters, including lawmakers and sheriffs, over whether expanded enforcement improves public safety or unfairly targets immigrants and harms local economies.
   

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