Major changes are coming to SNAP and Medicaid eligibility rules and the impacts will affect millions of Americans. Yulonda Griffin with Mecklenburg County Department of Community Resources explains the changes and how to navigate them.
10 Sept 2026
Tiffany Fant on Environmental Justice
SOL Nation executive director Tiffany Fant advocates for grassroots environmental justice through community initiatives. The latest is EJ Day, a celebration of community and sustainability.
3 Sept 2026
Charlotte and the Data Center Debate
Charlotte, like the rest of America, is debating data centers. City Council member Dimple Ajmera recently hosted a town hall to answer questions and empower constituents to learn more about the pros and cons of such facilities. Charlotte is observing a 150-day moratorium on new data center construction while council considers new development rules.
9 Jan 2026
Fading Harvest | Struggle of Black Farmers
Black farmers are disappearing across the United States as economic pressures, racial discrimination in federal lending, tariffs and shifting business models accelerate their demise. What can be done to reverse the trend? Gbinga Ajilore, chief economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities offers insight.
11 Dec 2025
Tchernavia Montgomery | 2025 Newsmaker of The Year
The Charlotte Post's 2025 Newsmaker of the Year led a successful capital campaign for a 13,000 square foot state of the art building and continues to innovate in Mecklenburg County's nonprofit health care space.
2 Aug 2025
Prepare Students For A Healthy School Year
Tiffany Brown, school health director at Mecklenburg County Public Health, offers guidance and support for families in preparation for a healthy academic year.
21 Jul 2025
The Future of Health Insurance in the Trump Era
Now that the Big Beautiful Bill is law, health insurance in the United States will be fundamentally changed for nearly everyone, especially low-income and rural Americans as well as small businesses. Joyce Palmer, a financial advisor in Charlotte, explains how and why.
3 Mar 2025
10 Years After the Mother Emanuel Massacre
Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham, author of "The Way Forward," recounts his personal experience in the aftermath of the 2015 massacre of nine Black people at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Graham's sister Cynthia Graham Hurd was among the parishioners murdered in the racially-motivated attack.
2 Sept 2024
Reporting On Black Maternal Mortality
Charlotte Post Editor-in-Chief Herb White and reporter Kylie Marsh talk about their series on Black maternal mortality gaps. They discuss the history of medical experiments on Black people that led to bias that exists today and what can be done to make childbirth safer.
11 May 2024
Joseph De Laine | After Brown v. Board
Joseph De Laine, whose father pushed Clarendon County, S.C., residents to file the lawsuit that resulted in Brown v. Board of Education and the end of separate but equal public schools, looks back on the historic 1954 Supreme Court case.
29 Mar 2024
Geornee Jefferies | Prom Project
Georneé Jefferies, founder of Curvaceous Behavior, talks about the Charlotte nonprofit's Prom Project initiative, its origins and goals to help lower-income high school students prepare for the season's ultimate soiree. Host: Herb White.
31 Jan 2024
Crystal Hill | Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent
Charlotte-Mecklenburg's new school chief talks about changing the district's leadership structure, engaging community and making history as the first Black woman appointed to the position.
25 Dec 2023
Thelma Barber Takes On A Silent Killer
Thelma Barber of Fort Mill, S.C., is a national advocate for the "It Takes Two" initiative to raise awareness of chronic kidney disease and testing to identify CKD.
15 Dec 2023
Charis Blackmon | 2023 Newsmaker Of The Year
Charis Blackmon, executive director of the West Side Community Land Trust, talks about her work and leading the 6-year-old nonprofit's growth as an advocate for affordable housing in Charlotte.
7 Jun 2023
Chatty Hatty Has More To Say
"Chatty Hatty" Leeper, a pioneering radio deejay at Charlotte's WGIV in the 1950s and '60s, talks about making her mark during segregation, expanding opportunities for women and the best performer ever. Host: Herbert L. White.
18 Mar 2023
Working Wage | Black Labor Advocacy In The South
As Americans change the conditions of how they'll work, Black workers in the South are raising their voices for fair treatment through union organizing. Produced in partnership with Pulitzer Center.
12 Jul 2021
After Lockdown | Saichelle McNeill
Saichelle McNeill talks about what she lost after going to prison as a white-collar criminal and her emergence as an entrepreneur upon re-entry. Part of a series produced with the Pulitzer Center on barriers faced by North Carolina's formerly incarcerated. More online at www.thecharlottepost.com.
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