A first-class seaside destination for Black southerners opened just north of Wrightsville Beach in 1923, but lasted only three years. The short life of the Shell Island Beach Resort still holds lessons for today.
May 2022
Posted inPolitics
Cheri Beasley’s Record Is On Trial
The U.S. Senate candidate and former chief justice of the state Supreme Court touts her independence as a jurist. Republicans are taking aim.
Posted inEnvironment
The Lithium War Next Door
A lithium mining startup promised to make Gaston County a clean-energy boomtown. But perceived slights and concerns over water have turned neighbors against the project.
Posted inPlace
A $1.25 Billion Bet
The New Hanover Endowment, created from the sale of a Wilmington hospital, has the power to radically change the lives of county residents. All eyes are on CEO William Buster to get it right.
Posted inPolitics
Patrick Cannon’s Campaign for Redemption
The former Charlotte mayor was the youngest person ever elected to the city council but went to prison for taking bribes. Queen City voters are wrestling with whether to give him another chance.
Posted inElections
Buying a Blue Seat
How the race for North Carolina’s most progressive district became the most expensive Democratic congressional primary in state history.
Posted inElections
How to Overturn an Election
An obscure North Carolina law allows the General Assembly to decide some contested elections. As overseeing voting becomes a partisan battleground, some fear that the law could be used to override voters’ will.
Posted inPolitics
McCrae Dowless’ Last Spin
Dowless, a small-town vote wrangler who rose to national infamy over election fraud charges, was laid to rest on Saturday.