From Finance to Smoothies: Green Brothers Juice Co.
Josh Norris left a job in finance to open a juice and smoothie bar uptown, and business is growing fast
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Chasing a Better Mii: An Essay
How a work-at-home dad used a decade-old video game to lose 80 pounds
Opinion: The Spell 'Radical Islam' Casts
Why the insistence that President Obama use the phrase 'radical Islam'? The roots of the answer go back decades.
Our Sanctuary, Ravaged: Orlando Shootings Hit Close to Home for Charlotte LGBT Community
A gay writer who grew up in Florida wonders if there are any safe places left
Opinion: Resisting the LGBT Taliban, and Other Branding Adventures
Up is down, water is dry, white is black (or rainbow): Messaging can accomplish miracles.
#discussclt - Continuing the Conversation: How to Reduce Traffic and Congestion
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
Opinion: How Alma Adams Won the 12th
I thought Malcolm Graham had the edge in the Democratic primary for the 12th District Congressional seat. But incumbent Alma Adams' money and a split Charlotte ticket filed it away.
The Champ of Comedy
He was The Greatest in multiple ways, of course. But has any prominent athlete—any prominent non-comedian—ever been funnier?
#discussclt - Continuing the Conversation: What Role Does Community Land Trust Have?
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
#discussclt - Continuing the Conversation: A Voice in How Our City Develops
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
Kick Off Festival Season with Symphony in the Park
PACK A LAWN CHAIR, a picnic blanket, and a bottle of wine. Spread out on the wide, rolling lawn beside SouthPark Mall, where trees block the noise from passing traffic. You’ll see friends and neighbors, toddlers, teenagers. They all come out…
Last Call With Ron Stodghill: The City of Second Chances
With Patrick Cannon’s sentence more than halfway over, a look at Great Charlotte Comeback Stories
Editor's Note (June 2016): A Quarter’s Worth
HE GAVE US each a quarter before we went in, and we started the evening by rolling them along the padded armrest of the bar to see whose would go farther. The turning coins tumbled underneath the arms of various…
Opinion: Alma Adams' Pied-á-Terre Faux Pas
The June 7 Congressional primary was going to be a tough one anyway for incumbent Alma Adams. This weekend, she may have sealed her loss.
#discussclt - Continuing the Conversation: U.S. Cities With The Best/Worst Plans?
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
Opinion: South Carolina's Government Problem
The State newspaper dissects the causes and effects of anti-government policy in South Carolina.
Q&A: Anthony Foxx’s New Mission
IN MARCH, U.S. Transportation Secretary and former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx returned to Charlotte to launch a national dialogue about building road, rail, and other transportation systems that connect communities to economic opportunities. While he was here, he sat down…
Opinion: Unraveling the Rat's Nest of the 12th District Congressional Race
The story of what used to be the nation's most gerrymandered Congressional district—and the strange race to see who'll represent it.
Teacher to the Stars: Paul Nitsch
For nearly 40 years, a Queens University professor has helped pianists reach the world’s grandest stages
How Improv Helped Me Find My Own Character
A lost job, a lost relationship, and the class that pulled me through
Opinion: The HB2 'Deal' Ends With a Whimper—and Thanks
The Charlotte City Council removed a potential House Bill 2 compromise vote from its agenda Monday. Good call.
Opinion: An HB2 'Compromise'? Why?
Charlotte wouldn't benefit from repealing an ordinance that no longer exists as part of a deal with the people who killed it.
Talk of the Crown: HB2, Oprah Winfrey, and an Overdue VHS Tape
News, gossip, and other buzzworthy bits
Opinion: The McCrory Campaign's Brazen Braeburn Bullsh*t
Pat McCrory and other state leaders have attacked corporate boycotts and pullouts as hypocritical and bullying. So what's with the hostility toward a company that decided not to withdraw?
Join Us Sunday at Myers Park United Methodist Church for a Discussion—"Race, Youth and Football."
“This isn’t a story about a small town way out in the country where every store closes on game night. This is a story about a football team in the heart of the second-fastest growing big city in America,…
People! Stop Electing Stupid People!
The fruits (and veggies) of the Nanny State, according to two very stupid people.
The Arizona Evangelical Group Working In Tandem With HB2
It's hard to overstate how perfectly HB2 fits this Arizona nonprofit's mission and agenda.
Watch the Trailer for Cam Newton’s Nickelodeon Show
THE TRAILER for Cam Newton’s Nickelodeon show begins with a teaser: “Superstar quarterback Cam Newton is helping awesome kids take their dreams to the extreme.” And these aren’t just aspiring athletes. One kid wants to be a fashion designer; another…
