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1 month ago | 
thesgnl.com | Allison Braden |Josh Rudolph
After the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963, the Soviet Union actively spread disinformation about the murder—partly because the Soviets feared they might be blamed for it, partly to exploit shock and confusion, sow discord, and undermine faith in American institutions.
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2 months ago | 
charlottemagazine.com | Tess Allen |Taylor Bowler |Allison Braden |Greg Lacour
Look at the wonders artificial intelligence grants us: Well-organized, multisource essays through ChatGPT; a pocket reference assistant in Siri; technology that can create a face that looks just short of real. But can you really tell what’s real and not when reality lives on a screen?
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Amanda Howard |Tess Allen |Taylor Bowler |Allison Braden
The 10th anniversary of our annual awards honoring those who made Charlotte better Want diversity? Sharing this space are a sports executive and former NFL team president; a reality show on Netflix; a new (and most welcome) music festival; a woman who’s injected fresh life into our city’s history museum; and quite a bit more. It sounds a bit like a reworking of The Real World.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Allison Braden
Ward Winslett was born on Sept. 22, 2019, and that winter, his parents began to learn his quirks. He was strong-willed. Every night, Trey would read him a story, and though Ward didn’t speak, he made it clear which books he wanted. “He would look me in the eyes, and he would reach for my face and pull my forehead to his,” Caroline says. “That was our way of speaking.” Trey calls his son’s personality “pure joy.” He chokes up.
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Allison Braden
Shanté Williams did not grow up listening to opera. She grew up in north Charlotte, where her mother was a pastor for the To Be Encouraged Christian Ministry. “So much of worship is singing and talking about the joys and sorrows of life,” Williams says, “and a lot of that comes through in the music.”In college, an adviser suggested she listen to opera while she studied. Williams found that, though the music was new to her, its emotional resonance wasn’t.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Allison Braden
The consultant has designed SMJ Communications to send a message about equity and representation When Sharise Johnson was little, her parents would often invite her classmates to their home and on weekend outings. They wanted to give kids with fewer resources and opportunities the chance to try new experiences and explore what suburban Atlanta had to offer.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
gardenandgun.com | Allison Braden |Gabriela Gomez-Misserian |Explore Asheville
In 2021, Kyle Lybarger, a forester and conservationist, was looking for spots to reintroduce Porter’s goldenrod, a bright wildflower that grows on just four known sites in its native Southeast. Near his home in Hartselle, Alabama, Lybarger found just the kind of oak savanna he needed—but it was on private property. He knocked on the door of the owner, who answered wearing only flip-flops and underwear.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Allison Braden
Gaston County’s development has lagged behind the rest of the region’s. But officials are determined to build wealth for businesses and families—and kick its reputation as a local punchline. In the late 1950s, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Carl Sandburg, author of such eloquent and democratic works as The People, Yes, allegedly opened a speech in Charlotte by asking, “What do you get when you have too many Mecklenburgers?”You know what’s coming.
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Jul 29, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Allison Braden
In middle school, Charles Thomas was the candy man. He’d load up on candy at the small grocery shop near his bus stop and sell it at school, handfuls of lollipops secreted away in his coat pockets. Driven from an early age to earn money and set his own path, Thomas went on to start a photography education company, spearhead The Light Factory’s education program, and serve as executive director of Queen City Hub, which brought together local entrepreneurs whose business ideas address social needs.
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Jun 17, 2024 | 
charlottemagazine.com | Allison Braden
When Michele Peeler Harper was 3 years old, she knew she wanted to be an astronaut. But by the time she enrolled in the ROTC program at Appalachian State University, she had a new dream: to fly helicopters in the Army. “I had people tell me that I should just quit before I get disappointed,” she recalls. “‘They’re never going to let you in the Army to fly.’”Harper graduated in 1993. Just a couple of decades earlier, Col.
