North Carolina’s healthcare system is facing one battle after another as decisions made in Washington make themselves felt here at home. That’s why we’re launching Bad Medicine.
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.
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.
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.
US Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina called for Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to be fired recently over her handling of the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Here's what Tillis had to say.
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.
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.
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.
The Dambo trolls are visiting NC until mid-February. Cardinal & Pine's series on neurodiversity and nature took a trip to visit them in Asheville.
NC's Lumbee Tribe is headed for federal recognition after decades of waiting. Cardinal & Pine Senior Editor Billy Ball talked about it recently on PBS NC's "State Lines."
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