Video: NC lawmaker gives 18-minute speech condemning gerrymandering
The 18-minute speech condemning gerrymandering that NC Republicans didn't want you to hear.
Oct
2025
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Oct
2025
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Video: Weed, gerrymandering, and political corruption — ‘Billy Ball Explains NC’ is back ✊🏻
In North Carolina, weed’s illegal, gerrymandering’s not — and politicians are rigging the rules to stay in power. We're going to break it down it every week at "Billy Ball Explains NC."
Oct
2025
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Video: Trump attempt to intimidate ‘No Kings’ protesters didn’t work in North Carolina
President Trump called the No Kings protesters nothing but criminals and people who hate America. Cardinal & Pine’s political correspondent Michael McElroy walks though a North Carolina protest to see if that is true.
Oct
2025
22
Video: Influence NC founder says Gen Z is learning resistance the hard way in North Carolina
For Hannah Preston, founder of Influence NC, a nonpartisan organization run "by Gen Z for Gen Z," resistance isn't just protest—it's survival.
Oct
2025
22
Video: Republican gerrymandering is the real ‘DEI’, North Carolina Democrat says
A top Democrat in North Carolina has sharp words for the latest round of Republican gerrymandering in the state.
Oct
2025
21
Video: Viral stunt by Winston-Salem State cheerleaders rack up millions of views
A hilarious stunt from the Winston-Salem State University cheerleaders has gone viral online.
Oct
2025
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Video: Trump says ‘No Kings’ protesters hate America. Here’s what one North Carolina protester had to say about that.
Trump dismissed the nationwide "No Kings" protests as being full of criminals who hate America. So we asked North Carolina protesters about it.
Oct
2025
19
Video: How long it takes to walk through a ‘No Kings’ protest in North Carolina
The “No Kings” rally in Cary, North Carolina, on Saturday was so big you won’t be able to watch us walk the length of it.
Oct
2025
17
Civics 101: What is authoritarianism and why does it matter in NC?
You've probably heard people say the word "authoritarianism" a lot lately. But what exactly does that mean, and why should we care about it here in North Carolina?
Oct
2025
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Video: The actually very simple solution to ending gerrymandering in NC
Another year, another round of gerrymandering in NC. As Republicans rush to do President Trump's bidding for a politically-motivated redistricting, our take on how to solve the gerrymandering problem permanently.
Billy Ball Explains NC: Who’s really getting food stamps in NC?
| November 12, 2025
Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.
Video: Hiking Waterrock Knob and talking about albeism
| November 10, 2025
Cardinal & Pine's Jennie Ventures takes a hike at Waterrock Knob and talks about how ableism shows up in our society.
Billy Ball Explains NC: Rigging the 2026 election through gerrymandering
| November 10, 2025
In the latest "Billy Ball Explains NC," we take a look at what we can do to combat gerrymandering in NC and across the US.
Video: What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD?
| November 7, 2025
October being ADHD Awareness Month, Cardinal & Pine contributor "Jennie Ventures" took her family to visit Robert Lake Park in Montreat, NC.
Video: Republicans believe ‘your vote should be worthless,’ NC Democrat says
| November 7, 2025
The top NC Democrat in the state House of Representatives had some sharp words to say about Republicans' new gerrymander.
Video: A mom asked NC Republicans to fund Medicaid. They went home instead.
| November 6, 2025
A NC mom, who has a child with a severe disability, tells her story after state lawmakers left Raleigh without filling a Medicaid shortfall.