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The attempted assassination of Donald Trump was wrong, and Donald Trump remains a threat to the American republic.
07/14/2024

The attempted assassination of Donald Trump was wrong, and Donald Trump remains a threat to the American republic.

The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump — an act repugnant to anyone who honors and values the ideas, habits, and practices of democracy — cleanses nothing. Trump, …

On the eve of Independence Day, sixty immigrants from three dozen countries helped to renew America.
07/04/2024

On the eve of Independence Day, sixty immigrants from three dozen countries helped to renew America.

The huddled masses gathered at a nondescript Charlotte business park just before Independence Day to help renew America. Sixty people from three dozen countries, seemingly of every hue, color, age,…

The push to subsidize billionaire David Tepper lays bare the contempt Charlotte's government feels toward its citizens.
06/22/2024

The push to subsidize billionaire David Tepper lays bare the contempt Charlotte's government feels toward its citizens.

It’s difficult to overstate the contempt Charlotte’s government feels for its citizens. Though disdain for the people is widely distributed among our elected officials, high-ranking bur…

Law enforcement isn't as deadly as it wants the public to think.
05/19/2024

Law enforcement isn't as deadly as it wants the public to think.

A Hobbesian darkness animates the narrative that bolsters law enforcement’s political legitimacy. Danger lurks everywhere, we’re told, and each of us, at any moment, might find ourselve…

Charlotte cops beat a woman in public. They wanted to talk about it in private. We let them.
04/21/2024

Charlotte cops beat a woman in public. They wanted to talk about it in private. We let them.

Charlotte cops punched and pummeled a woman at a public bus stop on a public street, but they insisted on privacy when discussing their assault upon her. After a few of his officers beat Christina …

Charlotte cops beat Christina Pierre. Now it's time for the rest of us to take a few on the chin.
12/23/2023

Charlotte cops beat Christina Pierre. Now it's time for the rest of us to take a few on the chin.

Charlotte cops beat the hell out of Christina Pierre, and now it’s time for the commonwealth to take a few blows. By now the story is well known: On November 17, Pierre and Anthony Lee, Pierr…

Let's raise a single, unenthusiastic cheer for a GOP victory in one of Charlotte's municipal contests last week.
11/16/2023

Let's raise a single, unenthusiastic cheer for a GOP victory in one of Charlotte's municipal contests last week.

Republican Tariq Bokhari, the self-styled tech bro with a history of using his public office to further his own private interests, narrowly won reelection to Charlotte City Council in last week& #82…

NoDa's street vendors play a vital part in creating the vibrant, dynamic atmosphere that draws people to Charlotte's se...
09/25/2023

NoDa's street vendors play a vital part in creating the vibrant, dynamic atmosphere that draws people to Charlotte's self-described arts district.

Now these small businesses are under attack.

A handful of neighborhood residents and businesses has asked city officials to immediately ban street vendors in NoDa. If successful, this campaign will be a step in the direction of killing the neighborhood's vibe — the very thing that defines the community! — and will hurt the artists and entrepreneurs who work and sell here.

Let city officials know you support the artists and entrepreneurs who make up NoDa's street vendors. Let them work!

Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?

The N.C. Bar Association has abandoned LGBTQ people.
05/13/2023

The N.C. Bar Association has abandoned LGBTQ people.

Nothing disappoints like the cowardice of fair-weather friends. In 2021, the North Carolina Bar Association — the premier professional organization for the state’s lawyers — toute…

Q***r kids in deep-red political communities offer us hope for a better tomorrow.
04/02/2023

Q***r kids in deep-red political communities offer us hope for a better tomorrow.

The call for help went out less than twenty-four hours before the march. C.L.E.V.E.R. (Creating Love & Equity through Voices Education & Reflection), an Iredell County non-profit committed …

Charlotte Councilman James "Smuggie" Mitchell didn't commit a crime, but he did lie to the public. We shouldn't just mov...
03/26/2023

Charlotte Councilman James "Smuggie" Mitchell didn't commit a crime, but he did lie to the public. We shouldn't just move on.

Breaking news in the murder of JonBenet Ramsey came from the other side of the globe. Nearly a decade after the six-year-old girl was found dead in her Boulder, Colorado home on December 26, 1996, …

I remember Parks Helms as a source of somber, sober hopefulness amidst a campaign of hatred and homophobia.
03/22/2023

I remember Parks Helms as a source of somber, sober hopefulness amidst a campaign of hatred and homophobia.

On April 1, 1997, at the age of twenty, I sat in the meeting chamber of Charlotte’s government center as a narrowly divided board of county commissioners, over raucous objections from hundred…

We, as a political community, have failed the schoolchildren of North Carolina.
03/18/2023

We, as a political community, have failed the schoolchildren of North Carolina.

Among the main characters of Charles Dickens’s Bleak House is Jarndyce and Jarndyce, an unresolved, long-lasting chancery suit of unclear origin and nature. The suit, which may have something…

The "country over party" campaign Democrats are running to try to win a Senate seat reeks of dishonesty and weakness.
10/12/2022

The "country over party" campaign Democrats are running to try to win a Senate seat reeks of dishonesty and weakness.

Of course elected officials ought to put country over party. Of course the people ought to prefer representatives who govern for the sake of the common good. Of course congressmen and senators ough…

Two recently concluded homicide cases in and around Charlotte ask: Who counts?
10/04/2022

Two recently concluded homicide cases in and around Charlotte ask: Who counts?

The resolutions of two recently concluded homicide cases — one involving a Black man and the other a white cop — gave us fresh examples of the biases of our criminal justice system, ine…

Charlotte Pride ejected an anti-capitalist pamphleteer from last weekend's festival. Stonewall is dead.https://charlotte...
08/25/2022

Charlotte Pride ejected an anti-capitalist pamphleteer from last weekend's festival. Stonewall is dead.

https://charlottecitizen.com/2022/08/24/stonewall-is-dead/

Another Charlotte Pride Festival is in the books — and not a single rock went through a single plate-glass window of a single anti-queer bank or business. I pondered this omission last weeken…

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