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Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. The COVID nightmare predicted by medical experts appears to be happening. So, we hear from health experts around the state and the head of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute on all things pandemic.

We delve into the first master plan for growth Charlotte has had since 1975. How the Charlotte 2040 Plan will help us grow in a safe, inclusive, environmentally sustainable way.

The state launches a color-coded map to help pinpoint COVID-19 hot spots as our numbers rise to uncomfortably high levels. City Council OKs a zoning change on Charlotte’s west side, but not everyone is happy.

The Founding Fathers still loom large in American politics, but who inspired them when it came to starting this “Great Experiment” in government?

6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. We take a look at the races around the state, at voter turnout, and hear from listeners. We'll be joined by political reporters and political experts from around North Carolina for analysis and perspective.

Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. We check in to see how Election Day is unfolding around the Charlotte region.

Friday, Nov. 6, 2020. The latest on a surprising and lingering election. No violence was reported at election locations but there was one arrest. Charlotte’s three bond referenda coast to victory and we get a COVID-19 update.

Was it pollsters who whiffed, or the media who built up expectations ahead of Election Day?

Mayor Vi Lyles shares her thoughts on recent Charlotte City Council decisions, including Eastland Mall redevelopment, the reopening of South Tryon at the Black Lives Matter mural, and much more.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board has approved plans to allow in-person classes starting Monday, Feb. 15. We sit down with parents, a teacher and a CMS board member to discuss.

On the February installment of "Mike and the Mayor," Vi Lyles discusses the latest on the proposed transportation sales tax increase, work on a nondiscrimination ordinance and the pushback City Council has received over the Greg Phipps appointment.

While the coronavirus pandemic has devastated America, its impact has been disproportionate. Black Americans are almost three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as white Americans. Nonetheless, polls show many Black Americans are hesitant to take a vaccine. We look at why so many Americans are skeptical and what is being done to rebuild that trust.

America’s tug of war over what’s true is as old as the republic itself — and shows no signs of letting up. Historian and author Sophia Rosenfeld looks at the relationship between democracy and truth.

We’ve invited several independent bookstore owners in the Charlotte area to fill us in on some books you might consider adding to your summer reading list.

We use WFAE’s 40th anniversary to reminisce about the most impactful events, ideas and people who have shaped Charlotte since we signed on in 1981.

To kick off this summer's series of conversations with town mayors from around the region, we sit down with the mayors of Huntersville, Cornelius and Davidson to talk about growth, the way they work together and about how the pandemic impacted their towns.

Critical race theory is something that has come up in different conversations surrounding education and politics, but what exactly does it mean in practice?

The Mecklenburg County Park And Recreation director gives an update on everything from funding to Latta Plantation and the controversy around a planned Juneteenth event that led to the historic site losing its funding and then being closed indefinitely.

The Brood X cicadas are coming out in swarms across the U.S. for the first time in 17 years.

Successful Charlotte author and most well-known forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs stops by for a visit.