They built this city, and they’re still going
9 Charlotteans in their 80s and 90s, and the parts their resumes leave out.
Column: ‘Our children are watching’
The CMS board fired Superintendent Crystal Hill 5-4. Then it released a report that found no improper conduct. A column on a chaotic night at the government center.
What West Boulevard is Worth
A two-hour walk with Rickey Hall through the neighborhood he’s spent his life defending. And why he now wants his neighbors to stop fighting the I-77 toll lanes and name their price.
Communication is everything. Who in Charlotte can afford it? And who can afford to do it badly?
Charlotte has about seven PR pros for every journalist. The gap between who can design their message and who can survive a bad one shapes everything you know about this city.
Former Border Patrol chief visits bakery where people protested Border Patrol, films it
Gregory Bovino, who led last November’s “Charlotte’s Web” immigration operation, had an exchange with beloved bakery owner Manolo Betancur
The CMS Superintendent drama is nothing and everything all at once
An eight-week investigation into CMS Superintendent Crystal Hill ended with the board reinstating her. Where things go from here will determine how they’ll be remembered.
Let’s Build a Bridge: The Man Trying to Rebuild Trust in Charlotte
Dae-Lee Arrington is mounting a campaign to reconnect the people who run Charlotte — before the city’s biggest decisions arrive this fall. He started by asking nine of the city’s most accomplished artists to make a song.
“The Rise and Reckoning” of Pat McCrory, Now In One New Book
Andrew Dunn’s “The Change Agent” is a Charlotte story — the mayor years that built McCrory before the governorship unmade him.
The Six Months That Reshaped Charlotte’s City Hall
Photographer Logan Cyrus spent six months finding the human moments inside Charlotte’s strangest season of governance. A photo essay.