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.
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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?
The Shooting Next Door
How a stay-at-home mom’s life changed when an eight-year-old found a gun
Charlotte Sports Teams Are Celebrating the '90s
LOGAN CYRUS IN 2016, the 1990s prevail as the go-to decade for inducing nostalgia. Listicles count the ways you know you’re a ‘90s kid. Cinema is rife with throwbacks and remakes of films such as Point Break and Jumanji. And…
Four Ways to Stick With a Healthier Diet
DIETING CAN create a desire for quick fixes and unsustainable choices. When you don’t see instant results or can’t make them last, you get frustrated. Jennifer Brunelli, a registered dietician, is familiar with this cycle. She’s the sports dietician and…
Last Call With Ron Stodghill: Bling in Banktown
Thoughts on an art installation, a local rapper, and the lure of money and street cred
Opinion: So It Passed. Now What?
For supporters of Charlotte's nondiscrimination ordinance changes, the good news: They passed. The bad news: The legislature will undo them. The better news: Long-term, this still matters.
Talk of the Crown: The Panthers' Secret Weapon, the Ice Apocalypse, and Code Orange
News, gossip, and other buzzworthy bits you may have missed this month
Opinion: Trump's S.C. Win: A Theory
Donald Trump's victory in the South Carolina primary isn't the puzzler you might think it is.
Opinion: Paranoia Strikes Deep
As City Council LGBT protection vote nears, a reminder of the risk: nothing
John Oliver on Voter ID: 'Why Are We Doing This?'
'In terms of pointless crimes, it’s right up there with forging a Bed Bath & Beyond coupon.'
The Fog of SCOTUS
The N&O tries, and fails, to gauge how Justice Scalia's death will affect the N.C. redistricting case.
Five Inches or Not?
People were saying Charlotte would get five inches of snow Monday. We're probably not going to get five inches of snow Monday. An aggravated Brad Panovich explains.
Recapping a Season's Worth of 'Four Downs'
There was a runaway restaurant winner.
Panthers Patient With Cam Newton's Rough Edges
Coach Rivera on star quarterback's post-Super Bowl press conference: "Don’t take a snapshot—take the whole album."
A Quiet Conversation with Cam Newton
Remembering a quiet one-on-one interview with the Panthers quarterback, just months before the season that ended with the interview seen 'round the world
The Most Important Paragraph In the Gerrymandering Ruling
One paragraph from the federal court ruling yesterday that declares North Carolina's redistricting map unconstitutional tidily sums up why gerrymandering has become an intolerable problem.
Four Downs with Panthers Center Ryan Kalil
West Coast kid talks California, Charlotte and Cowbell.
The House(s) That Tony Zeiss Built
Community colleges don't get much respect. But Central Piedmont does, mainly because of Tony Zeiss.
Letter from the Editor: Originals, Remastered
THE CRAZIEST MAN in Charlotte in 2005 opened a record store the day after Thanksgiving. Here was Scott Wishart, living in a city that was booming, and his grand plan was to open Lunchbox Records, a store in which the main…
How to Help Kisha Dawkins
One family's story led many readers to offer assistance
Club Shiznit Keeps Panthers Out of Trouble
Not your typical Super Bowl party.
