Is it just me, or is the constant drum beat of social media starting to make us loopy?
Voices
I can’t keep rolling my eyes at today’s headlines; it’s starting to hurt
April 23, 2017
Wow! What a Week!
April 7, 2018
Lamar Odom says weed helped him kick a crack addiction. Betsy DeVos wants to prosecute leakers. And pity the youngsters who pick on Alma Adams.
Shout out to ‘Black-ish’ for this week’s HBCU episode
April 6, 2018
The show reminded me just how special it was to attend a Historically Black College or University.
Resurrection of King
April 2, 2018
Fifty years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., a man is reminded that God has answered the long-ago prayer of a little boy.
31 signs you’re a native Charlottean: black edition
March 26, 2018
A list published last week by CharlotteFive.com didn’t ring true with some of Charlotte’s black natives, so one decided to compile a list of her own.
The optics of critiquing Ava Duvernay
March 23, 2018
In these polarized times, can men offer an honest critique of Duvernay’s directing skills without coming across as sexist?
You don’t get to use me: This black girl is tired of doing the heavy lifting
March 15, 2018
I have a whole list of Regular Black Girl Problems, and you want me to come to a meeting and try to make you legit?
Black women are too busy saving America to make friends.
March 9, 2018
Black women are going to do their own thing, regardless of what the rest of the world is doing. They have been going it alone for a while now.
Wow! What a week
March 2, 2018
Stacey Dash will run for Congress. Johnny C. Taylor, formerly of Charlotte, is Trump’s top advisor on HBCUs. And despite the financial success of “Black Panther,” leading roles remain scarce for black actors.
ANSWER Scholarship is helping local mothers attend college
March 1, 2018
The nonprofit also assists with mentoring and career guidance.
News & Buzz
Gantt Center gets $100,000 gift from Day Runner, a black-owned startup
March 6, 2018
Gantt Center officials said the money will be used to expand programming, especially programming that benefits children.
Entertainment
A peek inside Firehouse Bar & Lounge, soon to be Charlotte’s newest hot spot
March 30, 2017
Owner Clarence Boston said he hopes the lounge, located near Bank of America Stadium, will attract young professionals of all...
Health
Everyone’s a winner at the Sorority Greek Health Olympics
March 24, 2018
Last week I sprinted to the finish line of a wellness project I had been working on since January –...
Faith
Churches must do more to promote health and healing, says World Council of Churches official
February 7, 2018
Dr. Mwai Makoka, in Charlotte to study Mecklenburg County's Village HeartBEAT program, said the church must “embrace a new paradigm”...
People
Women must be agents for change, says international humanitarian Tererai Trent
March 21, 2018
It all starts, she said, when women discover what fuels their individual passions for change.