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Nikya Hightower and Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post As the United States prepares to celebrate 250 years of independence, Black Charlotteans are reflecting on what the experience looks like for them. They are both proud and disappointed. Tamika Williams,...

Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post Johnson C. Smith University is on probation for another year as its accreditor measures the school’s progress in resolving fiscal responsibility concerns. The Atlanta-based Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges opted...

Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post Eddie Ray, a pioneering music executive, songwriter, and the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame’s first executive director, died June 21 at age 99. Mr. Ray, who was born on December 21, 1926, in...

Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post Three voting rights organizations plan to appeal a federal court decision upholding restrictions to same-day registration in North Carolina. Plaintiffs Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Black Alliance, and the League of Women Voters of...

Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post State Rep. Nasif Majeed is the second lame duck Charlotte lawmaker to change party affiliation. Majeed, who represents House District 99, today announced that he is now independent, a month after losing his re-election...

Cameron Williams The Charlotte Post Grief comes in many forms and affects everyone differently. Willetta Collins Jones, owner and founder of Abiding Grace LLC, has always had a heart for serving. As a grief coach, she supports people going through...

Herbert L. White The Charlotte Post North Carolina lawmakers have introduced a bill that would let voters decide whether to decriminalize small amounts of personal and medical cannabis. Senate Bill 1072, sponsored by Democrats Caleb Theodros (Mecklenburg), Kandie Smith (Greenville)...

Herbert L. White As North Carolina looks to add toll lanes along I-77 South, an advocacy group is asking the public for design alternatives. Sustain Charlotte has launched of “Reimagining 77 South: A Vision for Repairing and Reconnecting Charlotte,” for...

Herbert L. White Stokes County residents are joining the growing list of North Carolina communities to resist a data center they say will put cultural sites and the environment at risk. A lawsuit filed last week in Stokes County Superior...