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The latest from Mary
- Local News Roundup: Rep. Jeff Jackson votes for TikTok ban; Sports betting live in NC; Aftermath of State Superintendent primary upset; CMS Superintendent on district’s future
- If Mark Robinson is your standard-bearer, you might reexamine your standards
- Local News Roundup: Pat Cotham out after Super Tuesday upset; Matthews Commission discontinues Zoom comments; Sheriff McFadden at the SOTU address
- Justice for Black voters? Or rap songs and sneakers?
- Local News Roundup: Berger and Moore talk Charlotte transit and more; Matthews Town Commission meeting chaos; former City Council member Lynn Wheeler dies
- Once upon a time, politicians wrestled with the role of religion in politics
- War in Ukraine, Two Years In: Ukraine is running low on supplies, soldiers, and—crucially—support.
- Will Trump Take Over the RNC? Cash-poor, on a losing streak, and firmly behind Trump, is now the time for national Republicans to change leadership?
- Local News Roundup: Union County bans fluoride in their water; the Leandro saga continues; Charlotte FC kicks off season
- How increased Black homeownership can put a dent in the racial wealth gap
- The Basketball Phenom Shaking Up the NCAA
- Why a Hi-Tech Gun Safety Tool Isn’t Working: New technology, same problems.
- Alexei Navalny Is Dead. Is His Movement Gone With Him?
- When the game of politics plunges into dangerous spectacle
- Local News Roundup: complaints about UDO-approved triplexes; CATS ridership up; Tax rebate ahead for new owners of old Duke building
- When it comes to political persuasion, why emotion matters
- What E. Jean Carroll could teach ‘tough’ Republicans about calling out a bully
- Do leaders realize Americans who don’t vote for them are still Americans?
- And God Gave Us Trump
- To honor Dr. King, GOP should honor what he really believed in
- Is Israel Committing Genocide?
- For history-challenged candidates, Civil War source material is nearby
- Local News Roundup: Tepper fined; Pornhub blocked in NC; NYE violence Uptown; Charlotte banking magnate dies at 82
- Local News Roundup: City Council chamber cleared after protests; bodycam footage released in controversial arrest; Tricia Cotham has a Democratic opponent
- When leaders reveal themselves, the next step is ours
- Local News Roundup: County Commission approves $10 million for Discovery Place Nature; Dante Anderson is new mayor pro tem; Patrick McHenry not seeking re-election; CMS approves budget
- Local News Roundup: Panthers owner fires another coach; DA drops charges in viral CMPD punching incident, and judge rules body cam footage released; CMS teacher accused of sex with a student
- Equal Time: What’s at stake for communities of color in the global climate crisis?
- Carter funeral, Rustin biopic show lives getting deserved reexamination
- BLACK ISSUES FORUM: Local and National Topics Leading to 2024 Elections
- Local News Roundup: CMPD responds to viral video; CATS names new management company; new fines for illegal parking; drought continues in NC
- Is it that hard to be a leader for all Americans?
- Does Speaker Johnson realize some of his best constituents are Black?
- Speaker mayhem: When the rules are rigged, it breeds chaos
- Local News Roundup: Early voting begins in Mecklenburg; Possible new life for the Red Line; Social District vote Monday; Mecklenburg Commissioners support Israel
- House Republicans wanted all the control, while doing none of the real work
- Does Trump’s Violent Rhetoric Matter?
- Could Student Debt Relief Still Happen?
- Transforming Alabama – and young voters. Nothing is off the table
- Local News Roundup: NC’s Patrick McHenry is interim Speaker of the House; CMPD and City Council talk ‘quality of life’ offenses; City works on response about CATS changes
- Is this the leadership America deserves? Seriously?
- Who Is Trump Without Trump Tower?
- The Fall of Kevin McCarthy: With a party like this, who needs an opposition?
- Dianne Feinstein’s Replacement Is Here. Who Is She?: California governor Gavin Newsom selected EMILY’s List president, Laphonza Butler
- When being kicked out of a theater is about more than bad manners
- Equal Time: An icon’s example inspires conversations and action on reparations
- America’s two-tiered justice system isn’t new — just don’t talk about it
- Local News Roundup: NC school performance results released; NC legislature considers Sunday alcohol sales and continues casino debate; Panthers set to play Atlanta
- A summer of reflection — and fears of history repeating itself
- Local News Roundup: CMS complies with NC Parents’ Bill of Rights; Fentanyl overdoses are up; Mark Robinson speaks in Charlotte; Panthers prepare to host Detroit
- WFAE All Things Considered NEXT UP: 6:30 PM Marketplace All Things Considered WFAE All Streams Charlotte Talks Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins Local News Roundup: Mark Meadows indicted; No Labels recognized in NC; Legislature overrides Gov. Cooper vetoes; Lyles endorses council candidate
- Fani Willis Takes on Trump: How bluster became a criminal conspiracy to disenfranchise Black voters
- Local News Roundup: COVID-19 numbers rise; City Council recommends esports venue for Eastland Yards; CATS Gold Line changes; Beyoncé in Charlotte
- Florida Public Schools’ New Anti-Woke Partner
- It’s Hot as Hell. Why Are Pools Closed?
- U.S. vs Trump
- America’s future depends on a truthful reckoning with its past
- Local News Roundup: Elyse Dashew will not seek another term as CMS Board Chair; City Council rejects zoning petitions in a rare move; LYNX Blue Line repair price tag doubles
- Can the U.S. military still lead the way on civil rights?
- Do you need to have faith to practice values?
- North Carolina and the Supreme Court
- Local News Roundup: a milestone for the proposed Charlotte tennis complex; a crack in a beam at Carowinds shuts down ride; a lawsuit against Tim Moore is resolved; USMNT comes to the Queen City
- What has been deemed legal is not always right
- Local News Roundup: Officials look for answers after Charlotte Preparatory fire; Vi Lyles announces reelection campaign; SCOTUS hands down decisions impacting NC cases
- The Failed Coup in Russia
- In a moment of progress in America, everyone can win
- Trump indictment: When always striving for ‘more’ turns toxic
- Public education won’t ‘fail,’ unless America abandons the idea and the ideal
- Local News Roundup: How did NC delegation vote in debt ceiling deal? Protest over CMS boundaries; video released of CATS bus shooting; County narrowly approves CMS bond request
- WFAE’s EQUALibrium Live conversation on advancing maternal health equity
- Why mental health policy is personal and political
- The Navajo Fight for Water
- NC Abortion Bill, Senate Budget Talks and AI Concerns
- Many Americans really are thinking terrible things — and proudly saying them out loud
- Local News Roundup: Break Point proposal in River District; County tax hike probable; No 4-year terms for council; Cooper on statewide tour on abortion veto
- Reporters’ Roundtable
- Is former battleground North Carolina becoming a Florida clone?
- Sacrificing democracy to belong to a shrinking ‘club’
- America’s Rich History of Gun Control: How “originalist” arguments against gun control distort actual history.
- Local News Roundup: CMS continues superintendent search as Gaston County’s superintendent resigns; Tricia Cotham sponsors private school voucher bill; NC legislature bill on trans athletes and more
- Will Democrats raise the volume on expressing what they believe in?
- Dianne Feinstein’s Last Stand: Can the Democrats afford to let the California senator finish her term?
- Dominion Takes Fox News to Court: Can Dominion prove “actual malice”?
- Equal Time: How Black women, America’s invisible ‘saviors,’ can rewrite the narrative
- Do Abortion Pills Actually Need FDA Approval?
- Tennessee’s House Divided: Days of public protest, open shouting from the Rotunda, and expulsions that broke on color lines
- Clarence Thomas’s Friends in High Places: Who is Harlan Crow and why is he the justice’s vacation benefactor?
- Local News Roundup: Tricia Cotham switches parties; NCDOT tells CATS to fully staff; Mecklenburg Commissioners frustrated at revaluations for golf courses; Leon Levine dies
- Preventing Preventive Care: A federal judge has blocked a key provision of the ACA—who will step up to save it?
- Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Race
- Trump Heads to Court
- Fear should not be a deal breaker when debating tough topics
- Local News Roundup: CATS goes off the rails, political maps back at NC Supreme Court, ‘Banktown’ reacts to SVB collapse
- Two visions of America’s past — and future
- There’s no escape from any country’s complicated history
- Why Insulin Prices Keep Rising
- When tuneful nostalgia turns toxic: The old days weren’t good for everyone
- Is Nikki Haley the GOP’s Future?
- Where does North Carolina stand in the national culture war?
- Local News Roundup: CATS Bus driver strike averted; naming rights proposed to generate money for city; pioneering judge Shirley Fulton dies at 71