AltWeeklies Wire
Brit wit John Oliver offers satiric spin on U.S. politicsnew

A golden age of satirists are taking on government, cable news and cultural idiocy.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Schacht |
11-22-2013 |
Profiles & Interviews
Low-Income Mothers in N.C. Robbed of Health Carenew

By opting out of expanding Medicaid, North Carolina legislators have left out the most vulnerable.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Sara Patterson |
11-07-2013 |
Health
Tags: North Carolina, health insurance, uninsured, Pat McCrory, health care, Aldona Wos, Care Ring, Carol Steckel, Charlotte Family Housing, Don Jonas, Gloria Miller, Medicaid, N.C. Department of Health and Human Services, North Carolina Health News, Nurse-Family Partnership, Sara Patterson, underinsured, Ursula Douglas
The Best Ghost Town in the U.S.new

Art and abandonment run rampant in this Rhoylite, Nev.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Desiree Kane |
10-26-2013 |
Travel
The government shutdown, my boyfriend and menew

Furlough hits home
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Kimberly Lawson |
10-16-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: government shutdown, furlough
Three same-sex couples request, are denied marriage licenses in N.C.new

National protest of anti-same sex marriage laws comes to Charlotte.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ana McKenzie |
10-09-2013 |
LGBT
Why are women attracted to burlesque?new

Burlesque performer Dita Von Teese draws a mostly female audience to her shows.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Megan Henshall |
10-09-2013 |
Sex
Was Occupy Charlotte's Demise an Inside Job?new

Former members say police infiltration killed the movement.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ryan Pitkin |
10-02-2013 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: police infiltration
Don Jon: Porn in the U.S.A.new

Rating: ***1/2
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
09-30-2013 |
Reviews
Does Charlotte have a gayborhood?new

And why it may not even need one.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Comer, QNotes Editor, Special to Creative Loafing |
09-18-2013 |
LGBT
Soylent: For people, not of peoplenew

A meal-replacement product made of non-human nutritional elements will soon hit the market.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Desiree Kane |
08-26-2013 |
Food+Drink
Left and right join to stop NSAnew

Bipartisanism — remember that word? — still exists.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
08-01-2013 |
Commentary
Tags: John Conyers
A Dab'll Do Ya: Stoner Tech 2.0new

Lessons learned from Colorado and California: Mangoes and Butane Honey Oil.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Desiree Kane |
07-24-2013 |
Drugs
Coming to Americanew

Happy and heartbreaking stories of four Charlotte immigrants.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ailen Arreaza |
07-11-2013 |
Immigration
Tags: immigration
Selling Out Moonshinenew

Business is killing a culture as North Carolinian as NASCAR, one jar at a time.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Ana McKenzie |
06-19-2013 |
Food+Drink
Confederacy of Duncesnew

Compared to South Carolina, our idiots notthat bad.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
05-24-2013 |
Commentary