Four decades after committing to a dense, towering downtown, Charlotte has a lot of lessons to offer Raleigh.
Month: September 2022
The Rooster, the Rattlesnake, and the Hydrangea Bush
Eating is something we must do in order to live. But what does it say about how we live? An excerpt from the posthumous collection of celebrated N.C. writer Randall Kenan.
Homegoing
A new collection of essays by the late North Carolina author Randall Kenan offers a portrait of a writer who moved seamlessly between identities and styles.
Rooted in East Winston
Michael Banner is teaching his Winston-Salem neighbors to grow their own food.
The New Judge in Town
An independent state office that functions like a court has long had a reputation for stability and impartiality. But its new leader, with help from the legislature, is making waves and consolidating power.
The Dutiful Son
As a candidate for the state House of Representatives, John Harris has to break out of the shadow of the 2018 ballot-harvesting scandal that implicated his father, Mark Harris, and made them both national figures.
A Low Bar
North Carolina courts are working through a backlog of more than 800,000 criminal cases. But some counties are so short on lawyers that they’ve become “legal deserts” – and state officials have few plans to fill the void.
Bad Environment
A veteran human resources officer says she told former state environmental secretary Michael Regan, who now leads the EPA, that his deputy used racist language, and that Regan covered up the allegation. He says that’s not true.
Behind the Scenes on The New Yorker’s TRU Colors Story
The Assembly talks to Charles Bethea about his story on the Wilmington brewery and its connection to gang violence.
Lorrin Freeman’s Last Stand
Democratic insiders say the Wake County district attorney’s quixotic prosecution of Attorney General Josh Stein has dimmed her once-bright political future. They can’t figure out why she’s doing it.