Lifestyle

Book Explores the Complexities of Black Men Through the Eyes of Local Leaders

By Kallan Louis We are currently witnessing rapid and steady growth in Charlotte. As luxury apartments, retail shops and restaurants have residents flooding back to live in uptown and South End, Charlotte’s historically black West End has remained mostly neglected. The often-mentioned Harvard study on economic mobility — which ranked Charlotte last out of 50 major metropolitan areas on economic mobility — reveals how complex the issues truly are.…
Events

The Rundown: Thursday, January 18 – Sunday, January 21

By Shawn D. Allison, II What’s the word family? I see we survived that brutal “snowstorm”  from earlier this week, but now that the weekend is here, it’s time to shake the frost and flurries away! There’s lots of events guaranteed to get your blood flowing in this cold weather and I think you’ll dig what I have in store for you!…