Opinion
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A Resident Describes the Struggles of Voting While Deaf
The following is the first in a series of columns in which Rikki Poynter will shed light on barriers faced…
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Letter to the Editor: What Did Joe Biden Mean By Insha’Allah?
During the Presidential Debate on Sept. 29th, while Trump was saying he would eventually release his tax returns Biden said,…
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Opinion: Did the NC Senate Race Debates Matter?
Within hours of the conclusion of the third and final NC Senate race debate between Republican Sen. Thom Tillis and…
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Letter to the Editor: What’s the Word on Charlotte Capital Bonds?
Jennifer Roberts is a former Charlotte Mayor and Mecklenburg County Commission Chair. More than 600,000 absentee ballots were mailed out…
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Opinion: President Trump Plays Politics With My Family’s Life
Halfway through his speech accepting the Republican nomination for president, President Donald Trump pledged that the Republican Party “will always,…
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How My Family Is Facing Its First Unemployment Crisis
It became clear to social workers at crisis assistance organizations around the country early on in the pandemic that, as…
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OPINION: All Workers Need Paid Family and Sick Leave
Black families are navigating two public health crises in North Carolina: coronavirus and racial violence. Structural racism is rooted in…
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Banking Black Is an Important Step to Financial Independence
“I didn’t even know this existed.” The same sentiment echoed throughout a small group that had gathered for mediation and…
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Opinion: Member-Owned Companies Should Be Charlotte’s New Darlings
Applause accompanied the announcement that the Centene Corporation, a publicly-traded insurance company, would headquarter in Charlotte, hypothetically bringing thousands of…
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Letter to the Editor: The Confederate Flag Is Not a Symbol of the South
As a French-Canadian immigrant to North Carolina in my youth, seeing the Confederate flag sitting atop poles and donned on…
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Opinion: Remove School Resource Officers From CMS
We as parents, teachers, former students and invested citizens of this county, should demand that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) sever all…
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Opinion: Defund the Police or Bust
The first time I saw a Black person killed by police I was 5 years old. Living on Burkland Drive…
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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…
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The Manor Theatre, a Eulogy
The first time I went to the Regal Manor Twin — known by most in Charlotte as The Manor or…
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Opinion: Anti-Abortion Protesters Are Not Counselers and Not Essential
In an April 27 op-ed published by the Charlotte Observer, David Benham claims that Cities4Life, an anti-abortion organization that regularly…
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Opinion: Earth Day 2020, The Promise Renewed
The first Earth Day took place on Wednesday, April 22nd, 1970. Twenty million Americans participated, uniting politicians, activists and citizens…
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