Billy Ball Explains NC
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Billy Ball Explains NC: ICE is expanding in North Carolina
The controversial immigration agency, ICE, plots three new facilities in North Carolina. What to know in the latest episode of Billy Ball Explains NC.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: How to fix social media in America
Social media in America is designed to make us hate each other, but there is a potential fix. Watch the latest Billy Ball Explains NC here.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: College students vs. Republicans
College students in North Carolina are fighting back. They’ve filed a lawsuit against a Republican plan to deny polling places at three NC college campuses, including the largest historically Black college in America.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The failure of NC’s ‘recovery czar,’ Michael Whatley
In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, here’s why Helene relief—or the lack thereof—could play a BIG part in this year’s Senate race between Michael Whatley and Roy Cooper.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The GOP’s war on voting in North Carolina
In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we break down how the NC GOP took control of election boards, why students and Black voters are being targeted, and how these decisions fit into a national strategy to limit voting access.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Why the fighting in Venezuela is a BIG deal in NC
Did you know the unit that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is based out of NC? In a new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take a look at why the military conflict in Venezuela is a BIG deal for NC’s military population.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Leandro and why NC schools still aren’t equal
In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on the Leandro case, a lawsuit over education equality that’s still unresolved 31 years after it was filed. There are more than a billion dollars at stake for public schools.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: NC GOP outraged over gay Santa book
NC Republicans’ fury about a gay Santa book is one big performance, but it hurts real children.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Why do people immigrate illegally?
Why don’t undocumented people just become … documented? Why do people immigrate illegally? In the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take on America’s broken immigration system, and ICE and Border Patrol’s brutal policing of it.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The great NC Christmas tree comeback
NC Christmas tree farms lost thousands of trees when Helene rolled through western NC in 2024. But wherever you look in 2025, those tree farms say they’re bouncing back.
