Videos
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Billy Ball Explains NC: The path to universal healthcare in the US
Let’s demystify the boogeyman—the single payer option for healthcare and universal healthcare. This is what keeps some conservatives up at night.
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Video: Woman calls religious centers across the U.S. for help buying baby formula
A woman runs an ongoing social experiment — calling religious centers across the U.S. to see who will help a mom and baby in need of baby formula.
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Video: Talking to your neurodivergent child about their diagnosis
Jennie Ventures takes a hike to Midnight Hole in NC and explains the ins and outs of talking to your neurodivergent child about their diagnosis.
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Billy Ball Explains NC: What Democrats’ domination of the 2025 elections tells us — and what it doesn’t.
What Democrats’ domination of the 2025 elections tells us. “Billy Ball Explains NC” premieres Wednesdays on YouTube. Make sure you’re following Cardinal & Pine so you won’t miss an episode!
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Video: This children’s book ‘Dreamers’ is being challenged in NC
Amid a surge in immigration policing in North Carolina, let’s talk about the children’s book “Dreamers” and the attempt to throw it out of local schools.
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Video: Charlotte teacher shares impact of Border Patrol arrests
A Charlotte teacher shared a video about the impact of this weekend’s border patrol arrests on the East Side community. Classrooms were empty because many kids are scared, and families are shaken.
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Civics 101: Breaking down plutocracy and kleptocracy in America
Pop quiz, NC: What’s a plutocracy? This week’s edition of “Civics 101” from Senior Editor Billy Ball on the plutocracies, kleptocracies, and idiocracies we’re watching right now.
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Video: NC GOP Congresswoman Virginia Foxx called out over 8-week ‘vacation’
Rep. Virginia Foxx, a longtime Congresswoman from NC, bristled over the criticism.
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Video: NC Republicans fail to fund domestic violence prevention program
With NC Republicans stalled on a budget deal, an ankle-monitoring program designed to stop domestic violence expires.
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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.
























