EVERY DAY, every dawn, the same sun invents a new city, not quite what it was yesterday, not quite what it was last night, because in cities, the rays bring opportunity—a chance to shake hands and be better, a chance…
If the county needs to raise pay to attract the 'best and brightest,' it's time to redefine the term.
Josh Norris left a job in finance to open a juice and smoothie bar uptown, and business is growing fast
How a work-at-home dad used a decade-old video game to lose 80 pounds
Why the insistence that President Obama use the phrase 'radical Islam'? The roots of the answer go back decades.
A gay writer who grew up in Florida wonders if there are any safe places left
Up is down, water is dry, white is black (or rainbow): Messaging can accomplish miracles.
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
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.
He was The Greatest in multiple ways, of course. But has any prominent athlete—any prominent non-comedian—ever been funnier?
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
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…
With Patrick Cannon’s sentence more than halfway over, a look at Great Charlotte Comeback Stories
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…
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.
Join us at our next #discussclt event, June 22 at C3 Lab: What Happens When the Rent Gets Too Damn High?
The State newspaper dissects the causes and effects of anti-government policy in South Carolina.
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…
The story of what used to be the nation's most gerrymandered Congressional district—and the strange race to see who'll represent it.
For nearly 40 years, a Queens University professor has helped pianists reach the world’s grandest stages
A lost job, a lost relationship, and the class that pulled me through
The Charlotte City Council removed a potential House Bill 2 compromise vote from its agenda Monday. Good call.
Charlotte wouldn't benefit from repealing an ordinance that no longer exists as part of a deal with the people who killed it.
News, gossip, and other buzzworthy bits
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?
“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,…
The fruits (and veggies) of the Nanny State, according to two very stupid people.
