◆ Independent · Investigative · Charlotte, NC ◆ No Sponsors. No Soft Questions. ◆ Est. 2026 ◆
Raleigh Is Running Charlotte, But Who's Writing the Script?
ALEC is the organization behind North Carolina's school vouchers, toll roads, housing preemption laws, and the two constitutional amendments on your November ballot was co-founded by the same man who built the Heritage Foundation.
The Man Who Wants to Stop Progressive Organizing in Charlotte
Charlotte's developer lobby published a newsletter calling your neighbors socialists and announced a plan to take back city council. Three weeks later, their executive director spent 3.5 hours co-facilitating a town hall with a sitting council member.
Charlotte Picked the Corporate Litigator
Charlotte's new mayor spent thirty years representing banks and corporations. The community organizer who built the city's actual alternative to policing got three votes and lost.
Charlotte's Mayoral Process Has a Problem Nobody Fixed
Charlotte opened its mayor's seat to 114 people. The finalist with the structural advantage to win it is the one who was already in the room.
Charlotte Is Building Its Own Surveillance Infrastructure. Guess Which Neighborhoods Get to Host It.
The machines that power AI, facial recognition, and predictive policing need somewhere to live. In Charlotte, that somewhere is the crescent.
Charlotte Makes You Work to Know Who's Funding Its Politicians
The state's largest city has no searchable campaign finance database for local elections. Raleigh has one. Durham has one. Greensboro launched one in 2024. The Hive Wire is doing something about it.
The Process Behind the Decision
How Charlotte's zoning board operates — and why most residents never find out until it's too late.