Elevation Church’s Steven Furtick is dedicated to using his church to help this city By Sarah Crosland Steven Furtick wasn’t living in Charlotte when he decided to launch a church here with seven otherfamilies. He was living in Shelby, forty…
Going to the Chapel By Michelle Boudin When it comes to choosing a church or a synagogue, Charlotte’s power players have historically had a few favorites. Curious who’s worshiping where? Here’s where we hear some of Charlotte’s biggest names attend…
Who Runs Charlotte?
Suddenly, they're everywhere. Here's a guide to great local indie film series
Two weeks after he launched his campaign to be elected to a second term as mayor, we sat down for two exclusive one-on-one interviews with Anthony Foxx. Foxx, forty and a Democrat, was first elected to City Council in 2005 and is serving his first two-year term as mayor. We talked about the state of the city, the Democratic National Convention, the mayor’s role in education and creating jobs, Tim Newman and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, and the future of light rail
Dan Murrey, spine surgeon and one-term county commissioner, was handpicked for one of the city’s most important jobs: getting Charlotte ready for the Democratic National Convention. No pressure, doc
ESPN analyst Jay Bilas breaks it down
See where North Carolina falls
Not because of too many tweets but a lack thereof
Our exclusive ranking of the areas best performing schools
If we really want an interesting, dynamic center city, it’s time to stop thinking big and start thinking small
If we’re ever going to solve the achievement gap, we’re going to have to do it together
There are lessons to be learned from October's spookiest holiday--and most of them involve how to obtain as much candy as possible
I’ve always been inspired by artists like those in this month’s feature. Unfortunately, inspiration doesn’t equal talent
Sick of in-home party invites? You’re not alone
Who got hit hardest by the Boutique Bandits?
Michael Vick's Ghostwriters Open Up
We’ve just lived through the worst season in Charlotte sports history. So, can anyone bring our defeat-drunk zombie fans back to life? Jeremy Markovich interviewed four of Charlotte’s most famous (or infamous) sports figures, took their words and ideas, then set off on a quest to convert an apathetic, undead horde into sports-crazy mortals.
We chronicled a day at West Charlotte High School with a student, teacher, and the principal, and we did the same with an administrator. One topic dominated: Tests
UNC Charlotte’s Brad Lambert is coach of a (brand-new) football team. With no practice facilities, no stadium, and no players yet, he’s spending this year ordering business cards and observing other programs. But he knows he’s a part of history, and he’s savoring every day
With the departure of one of the city’s biggest environmental advocates, Charlotte’s green movement faces a murky future
One of the South’s best foods is underappreciated. That needs to change
One group plans to turn Charlotte into a social media hub during the DNC
In the country’s lowest performing schools one national education reform group is trying to use its young, energetic teachers to make a difference and to close the ever-daunting achievement gap. In Charlotte, one of those teachers is defying the odds—school violence, low funding, poor infrastructure—to do just that.
As the county’s greenspace gets swallowed up at an alarming rate, the Catawba Lands Conservancy is working hard to preserve what’s left of our natural land. Born out of civil disobedience, the group has held off funding challenges and the occasional politician. As it celebrates its twentieth anniversary, it has big plans for the next twenty
How four European artists traversed time and space to alter the identity of Charlotte
What about Charlotteans? Where do we stack up? To find out, we narrowed down the five conditions and diseases that affect us the most and found out just how healthy (and unhealthy) we really are
Who says sports belong to the young? One local softball league, in which a third of the players are over sixty, offers that thing we all want—a chance to keep playing
