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OPINION: I’m Ashamed To Be a UNC Charlotte Graduate
A few days ago, the right-wing media outlet Accuracy in Media (AIM) secretly filmed then posted to social media a video of UNC Charlotte staff member Janique Sanders discussing how to uphold DEI-related work in the face of UNC System policy changes. Instead of repudiating AIM’s vile and deceptive tactics,…
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The Story Behind the Shelter Art Along the New CATS Gold Line
The following article is part of a paid partnership with CATS highlighting projects such as the newly opened CityLYNX Gold Line track stretching from the Elizabeth neighborhood in east Charlotte to the Historic West End. If you take the CATS CityLYNX Gold Line on its new extended path, which opened…
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East Meck Grad Dariana González Off to Harvard to Fight Climate Change
Dariana González remembers walking through green fields of maize and agave surrounding her hometown in Guanajuato, Mexico, as a child with her father Dario González. Today, some of that landscape only remains in their memories. After moving to the United States in 2007, the González family saw their hometown shrink…
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Kings’ Press Publishing To Serve as Platform for Young Authors
I first met the King family earlier this year at a pop-up market near Johnson C. Smith University. I was drawn to a display of colorful books, behind which sat Myneesha King and her son, 12-year-old Josiah, who introduced me to their family and the family business: The Kings’ Press…
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Andrew Leventis Goes to the Fridge with Photorealist Art Series
When the pandemic started, Andrew Leventis had one refrigerator; now he has four. By the end of the year, he hopes to have ten. This may sound gluttonous, but the fridges won’t be accumulating any more food than what was in his first one. Leventis, a local artist and professor…
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Opinion: CMS Continues to Fail Its Students Through Segregation
On Monday, CMS announced the suspension of Ardrey Kell principal David Switzer as the district investigates allegations of racism made against him. Last week, following an incident in which unknown suspects vandalized a Black Lives Matter mural on the school rock, a petition calling for him to resign gained momentum,…
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