Black farmers are disappearing across the United States as economic pressures, racial discrimination in federal lending, tariffs and shifting business models accelerate their demise. What can be done to reverse the trend? Gbinga Ajilore, chief economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities offers insight.

The Charlotte Post's 2025 Newsmaker of the Year led a successful capital campaign for a 13,000 square foot state of the art building and continues to innovate in Mecklenburg County's nonprofit health care space.

Tiffany Brown, school health director at Mecklenburg County Public Health, offers guidance and support for families in preparation for a healthy academic year.

Now that the Big Beautiful Bill is law, health insurance in the United States will be fundamentally changed for nearly everyone, especially low-income and rural Americans as well as small businesses. Joyce Palmer, a financial advisor in Charlotte, explains how and why.

Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham, author of "The Way Forward," recounts his personal experience in the aftermath of the 2015 massacre of nine Black people at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Graham's sister Cynthia Graham Hurd was among the parishioners murdered in the racially-motivated attack.

Charlotte Post Editor-in-Chief Herb White and reporter Kylie Marsh talk about their series on Black maternal mortality gaps. They discuss the history of medical experiments on Black people that led to bias that exists today and what can be done to make childbirth safer.

Joseph De Laine, whose father pushed Clarendon County, S.C., residents to file the lawsuit that resulted in Brown v. Board of Education and the end of separate but equal public schools, looks back on the historic 1954 Supreme Court case.

Georneé Jefferies, founder of Curvaceous Behavior, talks about the Charlotte nonprofit's Prom Project initiative, its origins and goals to help lower-income high school students prepare for the season's ultimate soiree. Host: Herb White.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg's new school chief talks about changing the district's leadership structure, engaging community and making history as the first Black woman appointed to the position.

Thelma Barber of Fort Mill, S.C., is a national advocate for the "It Takes Two" initiative to raise awareness of chronic kidney disease and testing to identify CKD.