Billy Ball

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports 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. 🤯 There... See more

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports 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.” NC’s Lumbee Tribe is on the verge of federal recogn... See more

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports NC Republicans’ fury about a gay Santa book is one big performance, but it hurts real children. the new Billy Ball Explains NC, we take a look at North Carolina Republicans’ attack on one school district in Chapel Hill and Car... See more

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports 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. B... See more

By Billy Ball, Staff Reports 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. In this week’s “Billy Ball Explains NC,” a holiday mirac... See more