One year of listening to Charlotte
A note of thanks, on the anniversary of The Charlotte Optimist.
They Stand Between Charlotte and its Worst Days
Inside Santé, the small mobile crisis team that most of Charlotte doesn’t know exists
“I’m not dead yet”: A breakfast with Thom Tillis
The retiring North Carolina senator has 259 days left in office. Over breakfast in Charlotte, he talks Trump, the Fed, and why he says he’s been this way all along.
The Mosh Pit and the Ballroom
On the same April night, a hardcore punk band in a 100-year-old club and a bank CEO in a ballroom reached, from opposite ends of the city, for the same word.
The 704 Kid: From Dillehay Courts to the Hornets Arena
How Chris Moxley helped build 704 Shop into a beloved Charlotte brand
The College That’s Betting on Better Arguments
Inside Davidson College’s $47 million experiment to help solve some of our country’s most pressing problems.
Charlotte Goes First
How Tom Gabbard helped turn a cautious city into a national arts leader — and change its own story.
Beyond the Viral Clip of Garry McFadden
What a Raleigh hearing revealed — and didn’t — about leadership, accountability, and the job of sheriff in Mecklenburg County.
A Real Maryland Crab Cake Finds a Home in North Carolina
After growing up on the Chesapeake, I can count the North Carolina spots that get it right on one hand. A six-month-old shop in Lincoln County named Poppy’s just earned a spot.
Before the Super Bowl, Drake Maye Had Myers Park
Why Charlotte’s football MVP remembers his time at Myers Park, and the senior season COVID took from him