Video: NC Gov. Josh Stein calls out ICE, Border Patrol
Late Sunday, NC Gov. Josh Stein called out the masked federal immigration agents creating an uproar in Charlotte.
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Video: ICE and Border Patrol’s invasion of Charlotte isn’t ‘law and order’
Senior Editor Billy Ball explains the BIG difference between local cops and agents of ICE and the Border Patrol.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Who’s really getting food stamps in NC?
Every Wednesday, NC journalist Billy Ball unpacks the most important stories in NC and corrects the bad information.
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Video: Hiking Waterrock Knob and talking about albeism
Cardinal & Pine's Jennie Ventures takes a hike at Waterrock Knob and talks about how ableism shows up in our society.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: Rigging the 2026 election through gerrymandering
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.
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Video: What is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD?
October being ADHD Awareness Month, Cardinal & Pine contributor "Jennie Ventures" took her family to visit Robert Lake Park in Montreat, NC.
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Video: Republicans believe ‘your vote should be worthless,’ NC Democrat says
The top NC Democrat in the state House of Representatives had some sharp words to say about Republicans' new gerrymander.
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Video: A mom asked NC Republicans to fund Medicaid. They went home instead.
A NC mom, who has a child with a severe disability, tells her story after state lawmakers left Raleigh without filling a Medicaid shortfall.
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Video: She left the US after 7 months in ICE detention. Here’s why she still wants to come back.
After 7 months in ICE detention, a nursing student from NC talks about wanting to return home.
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Video: Book bans in NC — ‘And Tango Makes Three’
As a former K–5 teacher, a mom, and a Black woman in NC, I know the power of access. Historically, people who look like me were denied the right to read and write. That’s why book bans feel personal.
Video: The Duke OB-GYNs behind the “Outlawed” podcast on abortion
| December 8, 2025
Dr. Beverly A. Gray and Dr. Jonas Swartz co-host the "Outlawed" podcast, a North Carolina-based show that unpacks abortion bans, misinformation, and the human stories behind them.
Video: Cardinal & Pine’s Michael McElroy talks NC immigration raids
| December 2, 2025
Cardinal & Pine's Michael McElroy says when people voted for Trump in 2024, they probably weren't envisioning the NC immigration raids we're seeing today.
Video: How 3,000 Charlotte residents mobilized during immigration raids
| December 1, 2025
Amid the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Charlotte, the Save America Movement worked with Siembra NC to train community members who volunteered to help patrol neighborhoods in order to proactively alert immigrants whenever they saw federal agents present.
Video: Durham woman drove kids to school because their parents feared ICE
| December 1, 2025
A Durham woman talks about her experience helping kids get to school during the ICE and Border Patrol crackdowns in NC.
Video: NC immigrant rights groups call on Home Depot to kick ICE out
| November 26, 2025
Several NC and national immigrant rights groups held a protest outside a Charlotte Home Depot this week amid the surge of Border Patrol raids in the city.