Regardless of how the legal challenges to House Bill 514 play out, charter schools will remain a growing fixture on our educational landscape.
Voices
Wow! What a Week! (June 1-8)
June 8, 2018
No more bikinis for Miss America, Kanye reveals disorder, Philadelphia Eagles grounded
Saving lives: Pi Phi Chapter holds its annual blood drive
June 5, 2018
This blood drive is said to be the second-largest in the Charlotte area, behind one hosted by the Carolina Panthers.
We made them march
May 17, 2018
North Carolina teachers didn’t wake up one day and decide to go the state Capitol on a whim. We drove them to do it.
Wow! What a week
May 4, 2018
Rudy drops a dime on Trump. A tribute to Kanye West. And jobs suggestions for Panthers owner Jerry Richardson.
Black folks, Frappuccinos and talk of boycotts
April 27, 2018
It has been a tough few weeks for black folks attempting to get their consumerism on.
Know your history: A former FBI agent talks about the origin of policing in America
April 10, 2018
Understanding history, he says, is crucial to confronting the tensions that exist between law enforcement and the African American community.
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.
News & Buzz
The reason I (a black man) speak up for, and alongside, black women
September 17, 2018
Serena Williams' treatment proves that the black women I want my daughter to emulate unfairly have to be three times...
Entertainment
It’s time that a black person reviewed “The Book of Mormon”
July 27, 2018
I finally admitted I was totally offended and there wasn’t a damn thing funny.
Health
Charlotte is testing a plan that could eliminate food waste from our landfills
August 14, 2018
A pilot program to compost the food we throw out is being tested in eight historically black communities in northwest...
Faith
Black millennials ‘stay prayed up,’ according to Pew report
August 5, 2018
When it comes to faith, black millennials are spiritually inclined and low maintenance but always questioning purpose.
People
A day in the life of a physician assistant during Hurricane Florence
September 16, 2018
Name: Shelda Amilcka Job: Physician Assistant Employer: Novant Health, Urgent Care I was scheduled for the 9 a.m. to 9...