Mark Burns, Fraud
Pastor Mark Burns has spent months stumping for Trump. CNN caught him lying about his background. His on-camera reaction is a thing of beauty.
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Last Call With Ron Stodghill: Love Cuts
How to initiate a breakup, and when it’s OK to move on
#DiscussCLT: Here's Why the Tone of Our City Is Changing
This week, Mark Peres submitted a response to our recent event, "#DiscussCLT: The Creative City." Davita Galloway, co-owner of creative studio/agency dupp&swat, responded on the website of her publication, The Spread Magazine. Below, check out an excerpt from her post. Peres's…
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Former Dancer Lauren McDowell Goes Green in Style
WHEN LAUREN MCDOWELL hung up her pointe shoes six years ago, she wasn’t sure where her career would go next. She did know that she needed balance; she was about to get married. “I decided it wouldn’t be good to…
Opinion: Sympathy For a Child Porn Addict
Lt. Gov. Dan Forest has been outspoken in his belief that House Bill 2 kept women and children safe from sexual predators. Recently, one of his key volunteers from the 2012 campaign was sent to prison for possession of child porn.
That Time an Elephant Escaped in Uptown
Chief, his handler, and a mad chase through uptown Charlotte
In Response to #discussclt: When Did Charlotte Become So Negative?
THE NARRATIVE of our city is changing. What we say about ourselves as citizens, how we describe the place we live in, the story we tell about our character and our prospects, is shifting. And not for the better. In…
Inside Charming Chantilly
Between Plaza Midwood and Elizabeth, a little suburb in the city
Opinion: Another HB2 Argument Bites the Dust
Once again, the courts slap aside a fundamental argument of the N.C. General Assembly, this time on HB2.
Q&A: Retiring CPCC President Tony Zeiss
Leader reflects on nearly 24 years of growth, influence, and making Charlotte home
Room We Love: A Fresh Take on Traditional Style
ELAINE AND JIM MARTIN moved to the Charlotte area in December 2015 to be closer to their grandchildren. They had been sharing a few homes—Elaine was living in Connecticut and working in New York City, while Jim was living outside…
‘I’m Going to Meet Your Dad’
DUSK WAS CLOSING in along the edges of uptown Charlotte when the man seemed to appear out of nowhere. He startled me. “Excuse me,” he said. “Can I see behind you?” I had just plopped down on the metal seat…
#DiscussCLT on the Arts: How Can We Make Charlotte a Capital for Culture?
Charlotte has plenty of artists and institutions to support them. What's keeping them from connecting?
Do Good, Feel Good: Help With Da Lucky Spot's Annual Book Bag Drive Saturday
2015 Charlottean of the Year Shaun Corbett and CMPD teaming up for annual drive.
Life Lessons: Maureen O'Boyle
A television host, a rape survivor, a mother
An Announcement From Our Publisher
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHRIS EDWARDS Richard Thurmond EARLY IN THE SPRING of 1995, I walked into the cramped Cotswold offices of Charlotte magazine, looking for a job. I was a freelance sportswriter/record-store clerk who was determined to put my newish English degree…
Opinion: The Altered Definition of 'Voter Fraud'
A federal appeals court ruling that laid out how the GOP-controlled legislature discriminated against black people with its voter ID law only inspired Republican leaders to discriminate at the county elections board level.
Editor's Note (September 2016): Funerals and Weddings
THE FUNKY PLACE that never closed was set for demolition, but they decided to get married there anyway. Two months before the big day, she ran the Big Sur Marathon in California. At mile 23, there’s a famous fountain where runners…
Opinion: Jumping at Shadows in a Raleigh Mall
Hundreds ran screaming for the exits. Police and paramedics responded en masse. Everyone prepared for another mass shooting. It was nothing.
Opinion: The Significance of the Redistricting Ruling
If a federal court's ruling Thursday holds, Democrats will have a fighting chance to break Republicans' vise grip on the General Assembly.
Opinion: Poisoning the Waters at DEQ
If the ongoing N.C. DEQ flap over drinking water tests is just a 'disagreement,' as Pat McCrory says, why did the state's epidemiologist quit the job she loved?
LISTEN: #DiscussCLT Podcast: Episode 1
TODAY, we debut the first episode of #DiscussCLT Podcast. This one explores the act of storytelling and why it’s so widely used in Charlotte right now, whether in the arts or the corporate and small business spheres. And we also…
From Myers Park Houseguest to Olympic Medalist
What Katie Meili’s bronze-medal performance looked like to the Charlotte family that gave her a home
Opinion: Tangled In the Rigging
I'm not saying all these facts add up to anything. But all this talk of election rigging is putting me in a conspiratorial frame of mind.
Opinion: GTFOH, Says Court to McCrory
Lawyers for Governor McCrory asked a federal court to put a hold on its order striking down North Carolina's voter ID law. Replied the court: Er, no.
Best IPAs in Charlotte: Charlotte Magazine Staff and Contributors’ Picks
It's National IPA Day. So what's your favorite IPA, Mr. or Ms. Journalist?
Opinion: Why Would Ken Rudo Lie?
The McCrory Administration has accused a 27-year state employee of lying in a deposition about whether the water in people's wells was safe to drink. Something about the accusation doesn't hold up.
