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Plus: Remembering the Greensboro sit-ins Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. This newsletter was not written by artificial intelligence.  Why? Because computers are a lot more intelligent than I am. But for my money, I’d rather hear a human voice any day. Speaking of AI, data centers are going up across the state of…

Plus: The woman who broke “Jim Crow” in NC is back. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. Woah! Cardinal & Pine got a glam-up.  You are looking at the redesigned C&P newsletter. It may feel bright and shiny, but it’s the same hard-working, feisty email you read every day.  Now’s as good a time…

Inside: The devastating blow to public schools Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. North Carolina, we had big breaking news today.  The state’s highest court issued a long-awaited ruling in the Leandro court case. You can read it here.  Essentially, the Republican majority sided with their party’s leadership in the state legislature, which argued…

We dug in the history books for this. Plus: NC’s clean energy boom is in peril. And: Where are we in NC? Share with a friend In North Carolina, when it snows, people have to be creative if they want to go sledding.  Not many people are investing in a sled for the once-every-four-years major…

A recent court decision has sent shockwaves through the state. Plus: Saturday’s ‘Hands Off’ protests. And: Houston coach Kelvin Sampson’s NC background. Share with a friend In “Notes of a Native Son,” the writer James Baldwin offered this in the autobiographical note: “I love America more than any other country in the world, and, exactly…

Plus: What to know about federal vaccine changes. Share with a friend Hey, it’s Billy. By the time, you get this email, March Madness will be well underway.  That said, we’ve published a new guide to the North Carolina teams that made the Big Dance on the men’s and women’s sides—from first-time Cinderellas (what’s up…