The HB2 Provision Few Are Talking About
Buried toward the end of the new state LGBT law is a murky provision that bars wrongful-termination claims in North Carolina courts—and nullifies 30 years of legal precedent.
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The Earth-Helping, Money-Saving, Stress-Relieving Bike Life
Many of us like the idea of parking our cars in favor of bikes. But can we do it? Some people already have. And plans are in the works to entice more of us to join them
Inside About Face Charlotte
A new website aims to alleviate poverty and connect people by telling stories
Anthony Foxx on HB2: 'A Level of Tyranny That I Think Is Dangerous'
U.S. Transportation Secretary and former Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was in town Tuesday to speak about the links between road projects and communities—and took time to comment on HB2.
The Wheels Stay On: Life of a Charlotte Bus Rider
The city keeps adding new public transit, but CATS buses remain vital to getting Charlotteans where they need to go. Just ask someone who rides them every day
Riding the Rails: A 2016 Transit Overview
City officials have big plans to expand the light rail and streetcar lines, but little money to do it. Soon, you’ll be able to ride the light rail to UNC Charlotte and take a streetcar to Johnson C. Smith University, but beyond that, plans are murky. Here’s what you need to know about the future of public transit in Charlotte
Is North Carolina's Anti-LGBT Law Unconstitutional?
The ACLU and gay rights advocates prepare to sue North Carolina on constitutional grounds over the new anti-LGBT law.
Opinion: Two Days Into Legalized Bigotry
On Wednesday, the N.C. legislature passed the nation's most LGBT-hostile law. The consequences are piling up.
Last Call With Ron Stodghill: On Your Own
A lesson from Oprah, a dose of humility, and other tips on entrepreneurship
The Good Kid: A Sports Writer's Son Becomes a Basketball Star
Langston Wertz Jr. has covered high school sports in Charlotte for 27 years. Now he’s covering his son, a rising basketball star
Opinion: the N.C. 'Bathroom Bill,' In Sum
For once, the legislature got a lot done in a single day.
West Charlotte Alumni and Students Talk Desegregation
A panel discussion merges history and the current debate over student assignment
Opinion: Watching the N.C. GOP's Tent Burn
The state party's sudden revolt against Hasan Harnett, the first black state GOP chairman, reveals the risks of digging too deeply into the grass roots.
Photo Essay: Saying Goodbye to a Central Avenue Church
IN DECEMBER, Plaza Midwood lost a landmark at the corner of Central Avenue and Hawthorne Lane. A long-vacant church, built in 1936, was demolished to make way for more than 300 apartments. Top: After the church was demolished, construction crews…
This Is Home
One North Tryon corridor community started as a rail depot in the age of cotton and is about to boom again because of the expanded light rail line. But that’s not what keeps the Wells family here
A Beautiful Life: Jesse Campbell
Remembering the greenhouse owner who fostered more than flowers
The First Fruits of North Carolina's Glorious Voter ID Law
On Tuesday, the first election with North Carolina's new voter ID law in place, things got a little messy.
Could I-77 Toll Lanes Tip the Governor's Race?
How badly has Pat McCrory hacked off Lake Norman-area Republican voters over the I-77 toll lanes project? They're thinking about voting for Democrat Roy Cooper in November.
The Lullaby of Nick Mackey
Lawyer Nick Mackey, who employed shady tactics to nearly become Mecklenburg County sheriff in 2007, 'wins' a case in the most embarrassing way possible.
Opinion: 'Confessions of a Republican' and the Anatomy of a Fraud That Wasn't
You might have run across an old campaign ad this week. Was it real or a hoax, and why are we having such trouble telling the difference anymore?
Opinion: Don't Do In the Double Door, Charlotte
Central Piedmont Community College is in talks to buy the venerable Double Door Inn's land, throwing the club's future into doubt.
Opinion: At Johnson C. Smith, a President's Case For the Dreaded Establishment
These are the days of "anti-establishment" politics, analysts and pundits keep telling us. Here comes the 42nd president, showing why "establishment" isn't necessarily a bad thing.
The 'Imminent Threat' to Charlotte's LGBT Protections
The General Assembly prepares to call a special session specifically to overturn a revision to a Charlotte ordinance.
Letter from the Editor: The Other “Ch-” City
AFTER THE LAST encore song on a warm Saturday night in January, I walked the streets of Charleston. I’d spent the evening in the third row of Charleston Music Hall, watching the city’s homegrown husband-and-wife duo, Shovels & Rope, perform 24…
10 Travel Tips from a Charleston Local
I WILL NEVER forget my first visit to Charleston. My wife and I had just exchanged vows during a small, intimate ceremony at the century-old bandstand beneath the huge live oaks at White Point Garden park on the Battery, when I made…
Opinion: #DiscussCLT Wrestles With Inequality in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Growing segregation by race and class in public schools—an issue that requires far more than dialogue and touches on far more than schools.
Grace in the Holy City: An Essay on Charleston
Few cities have suffered a year like the one Charleston suffered in 2015. Perhaps no other city, though, has more spirit to turn all that darkness into hope
Opinion: The Consequences of Ron Carlee's Departure
As Charlotte grows, how much control do we want the City Council to exercise over the city manager?
