Feature Stories
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Belton Platt to Head Charlotte’s Newest Violence-Interruption Program
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Neighbors Demand Answers One Year After Colonial Pipeline Spill
Shannon Ward grew up attending protests and rallies for any number of causes, beginning in the 1960s, but the gathering…
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Home Prices in Charlotte Reach Record Highs, Leaving Many Behind
They say owning a home is the American dream. If that’s the case and you’re hoping to pursue that dream,…
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Sophia Rosenfeld on Truth and Misinformation in History and Today
What is truth and who decides? That is a central question that historian Sophia A. Rosenfeld explores in her book…
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Disability Groups Struggle with Abortion/Down Syndrome Debate
Liz Newton was over 30 when she and her husband decided they’d try to have another baby. They already had…
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Melody Gross Reflects on Her First Year Running Courageous SHIFT
As a survivor of domestic violence herself, Melody Gross has long been an advocate for other people who have gone…
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CMPD Use-of-Force Reporting Skews Numbers During Protest Activity
On the night of June 2, 2020, peaceful protesters marched into the intersection of East 5th and North McDowell streets…
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‘The Inclusive Mindset’ Author Pushes Back Against Social Isolation
For most people around the country and the world, the past year has been one of forced social isolation, and…
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Proposed Morgan School Deal the Subject of Heated Debate
Founders of the Cherry Community Organization began organizing in 1969 after the neighborhood’s Morgan School was closed and its students…
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Neighbors Commiserate After Phillip Adams Kills Six People and Himself
The shooting deaths of seven people by Phillip Adams on April 7 shocked a community in Rock Hill, South Carolina,…
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Local Health Officials Respond to Halt in Johnson & Johnson Vaccine
In two separate press conferences Tuesday, officials with Atrium Health and Mecklenburg County Public Health (MCPH) addressed new guidelines handed…
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A Grieving Family Calls for Missing Persons Reform After Pleas Ignored
According to CMPD, more than 3,500 people are reported missing in Charlotte annually. On the department’s website, the protocol for…
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Pat’s Place Answers the Call as Pandemic Raises Child Abuse Concerns
Before moving to Charlotte to run Pat’s Place Child Advocacy Center in October 2015, Andrew Oliver worked in a similar…
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Psychiatric Patient Transport Left in Sheriffs’ Hands Despite Pitfalls
This is the third story in a three-part series about how more people in mental health crisis end up under…
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Charlotte Future Comprehensive Plan Hits Delay as Discussions Continue
It was not long after Charlotte Assistant City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba finished his presentation to Charlotte City Council at its…
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As Nursing Home Visitation Restrictions Lifted, Questions Remain
Appalled when he saw blood mixed with the waste in his mother’s North Carolina nursing home toilet, Tim Wall called…
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