Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two years ago, Elaine Brown lost her home and had to live in a 15-bedroom space with 14 other families. She now owns a new car and ...

Charlotte airport workers rallied Tuesday for living wages, and better benefits and working conditions, at a time of historic heat waves across the country and soaring airline profits. Hundreds of ...

CHARLOTTE — The new United Way has donated more than $16 million to the greater Charlotte area to fight poverty and improve economic mobility. Newly named United Way of Greater Charlotte announced ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Workers who clean airplanes, remove trash and help with wheelchairs at Charlotte's airport, one of the nation's busiest, went on strike Monday during a busy week of Thanksgiving ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — According to a 2014 Harvard Research study, for someone born into poverty, the chances of getting out of poverty are lowest in Charlotte. For years, city and community stakeholders ...

An updated tool called the Opportunity Compass aims to show how the Charlotte community is doing in its quest to help children born into poverty climb the economic ladder. The latest report shows ...

Rattled by its last place spot in an assessment of economic mobility in the 50 largest U.S. metros, Charlotte city leaders are aiming to reverse systemic barriers of racial and economic segregation in ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. By Gene Nichol Special to the Observer Ophelia Garmon-Brown and Dee O’Dell (left) lead ...