Perspective: What to Do When You're Lost at Work
Layoffs and job changes can leave us adrift
News + Opinion
How Can a Growing City Help the Unemployed?
Without reliable transportation and a place to live, keeping a job is difficult. How can Charlotte remove barriers to employment for citizens stuck in a cycle of poverty?
Shopping: Decorating for Spring
The newness of the season is an inspiration (and, yes, a great excuse) to brighten up your home decor. We found a bouquet of floral touches to bring spring colors into your living space.
Refugee Support Services Surrounds New Residents with People
LANA COULDN'T hear well, but no one knew. No one knew how much the five-year-old girl read lips more than heard words. The school audiologist learned first. She wrote to Lana’s parents, telling them that Lana failed a hearing exam and…
Seven Oh Fur: Portraits of Charlotte's Pets
A photo essay by Chris Edwards
More Eyes On Charlotte’s Housing Crisis
The Planning Commission, the gatekeeper for land use in Charlotte, adopts language that for the first time emphasizes the need for affordable housing. Will that help solve the problem?
World Tour: Charlotte’s Sister Cities
From Peru to China, Charlotte’s eight sister cities span the globe and have helped promote economic development and diplomacy for more than 50 years. Meet your international family.
Girl Tribe Pop-Up Returns to Charlotte Bigger Than Ever
The weekend-long shopping affair features Little King Art macrame planter workshops, The Dumpling Lady, craft cocktails, and HSM fitness classes, among other exciting extras.
Along the Way: Two Roads to Charlotte
A family moves South
Editor's Note (April 2018): Lost in Augmented Reality
THE TIME IS SET, and we are there. It’s a Saturday, or a Sunday, or during a weekday lunch break, in uptown or NoDa or South End. Clusters of folks are tapping furiously at their phones, a new kind of…
OPINION: People Aren’t Mind Readers—You Have to Tell Them What You Want
WHY IS IT so hard to ask for something? I asked my business communication students at Queens this question recently when we were discussing how to make routine requests. Often, students struggle with how to ask for what they want, and…
Book Spotlight: Elaine Neil Orr's Swimming Between Worlds
Nigeria intersects with Winston-Salem in a new novel
Charles Robinson: A Voice for the Vulnerable
A west side native hopes to build a caring community
Q&A: Johnson C. Smith University President Clarence D. Armbrister
New university leader Clarence D. Armbrister on what he’s learned in the first few months of his tenure
The Cemetery That Wasn’t There in Biddleville
Lost between city and county loopholes, one woman set out to make sure this west side resting place wasn’t forgotten
Inside the West Side Community Land Trust's Fight Against Displacement
As developers close in on the west side, a group of residents explores what may be their only option
The Case for Great Wolf Lodge
A cure for the common staycation and lingering existential crisis
Shopping: Hats for Warmer Weather
STRAW HATS and sunny weather go hand in hand. Grab one of these accessories and enjoy the Carolina sunshine, whether during a weekend at Kiawah or a stroll down the greenway. (Clockwise from right) Gi’n’Gi cowboy hat, $225, Poole Shop,…
Charlotte Real Estate: The Condo Recovery
Apartments are being thrown up every day. Why haven’t condos caught up?
Real Estate in Charlotte: 2018
AS THE MARKET continues to run hot, it’s easy to assume a correction needs to happen. In our annual real estate summary, we asked experts what homeowners and homeowners-to-be should expect, which areas are booming, and the types of housing people…
PHOTOS: Scenes from the 2018 March for Our Lives in Uptown
HUNDREDS MARCHED IN UPTOWN on Saturday, as part of the national, student-led “March For Our Lives” effort. The event is a call to action "to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings," organizers say. Cities across the U.S. saw similar…
NoDa's Re:New Gives New Life to Your Old Furniture
If you can’t part with Grandma’s hutch, this NoDa duo has the answer
Cancer Survivor Finds a New Path in Honey
IT WOULD BE his first harvest of honey. John Herbert Caudle, new to beekeeping and excited at the prospect of extracting honey from the comb, checked on his two beehives. He looked inside the hive and was stunned. TAYLOR GILL…
At JCSU, Combatting Implicit Bias
Race Matters for Juvenile Justice continues a series of sessions on implicit bias and its effects on the court system and beyond.
NoDa’s Mac Tabby Cat Café: Part Coffee Shop, Part Rescue Mission
WHEN I TURN to Jackson to remark how cold it is outside, he seems suddenly uninterested. He looks, squinting against the winter sun, at the parking lot outside as a group of visitors comes up the steps. I move on…
Inside University City’s Identity Crisis
Can the light rail extension spur the development of a college town?
An Interactive Guide to the LYNX Blue Line Extension
FOR MANY, the opening of the LYNX Blue Line Extension brings access to unexplored parts of the city. Here are our recommendations for the best places to eat, drink, or find entertainment at each of these stops. Hover over each stop…
Getting Smart About Smart Home Devices
Techie tools work only if you change your behavior
