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New film highlights historic school integration in one North Carolina community

May 27, 2025

Hendersonville, North Carolina, commemorates the 60th anniversary of the integration of its schools with a new film documenting the Black community’s thirst for education when “Color Beyond the Lines,” a new film by David Weintraub and the Center for Cultural Preservation, premieres on June 21.

New film highlights historic school integration in one North Carolina community

Billions are at stake for NC schools

January 7, 2026

Plus: Do your taxes for free in NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Something you might not know about me: For years, I was an education reporter. That means I specialized in writing about the goings-on at North Carolina’s schools, K-12 policy, and the state’s chronic education funding problems. I flexed…

🐅 5 animal sanctuaries in NC

May 13, 2026

Plus: This could change politics in NC. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Since 2010, politics in America has changed. The US Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowed corporations and outside groups to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections. It has increasingly made non-local politics into a game played only by the…

Republican budget deal is ‘smoke and mirrors,’ NC teachers say

May 13, 2026

The deal, announced this week by NC House Speaker Destin Hall and NC Senate leader Phil Berger would include 8% raises for teachers, but could create huge budget shortfalls in the years to come.

Republican budget deal is ‘smoke and mirrors,’ NC teachers say

3 ways to beat ‘the winter blues’ in NC

February 24, 2026

Plus: Saving Charlotte’s original Black social club Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. I’ll be honest: Winter is not my thing. There was a moment two weeks ago—sometime in between the second or the third day that my car was stuck in ice on my driveway—that I yelled curse words at winter. Like, the…

Teachers worry over new bill banning DEI in NC public schools

March 28, 2025

North Carolina teachers face growing uncertainty as state Senate Bill 227 threatens to outlaw lessons on diversity, equity, and inclusion in public schools.

Teachers worry over new bill banning DEI in NC public schools

Crisis at one North Carolina hospital

February 23, 2026

Plus: 3 things happening in NC this week Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Kerri Wilson and Zoe Clarke are nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville. Wilson works in the cardiology wing, Clarke in the intensive care unit. Both of them spoke to Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy recently for our ongoing Bad Medicine…