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Built By Us

Built By Us

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Built By Us Media spotlights movement makers and shakers across North Carolina. Hosts Kai and Joselle sit down with organizers, activists, and working-class people who are fighting for justice, building power, and making sure our voices aren't just heard, but centered.

Every episode connects you with someone who's putting in work for liberation, and gives you the tools to join them. Because the North Carolina we deserve is being built by us.


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Episodios
  • Built by Us, Funded by Who? Breaking Down NC's Budget Stalemate
    Apr 1 2026

    North Carolina is the only state in the country without a comprehensive budget approved for this year, and the people are paying the price. In this episode, host Kai McNeil sits down with Sally Hodges-Copple and Moriah Collins from the NC Budget and Tax Center to break down how a $29.7 billion budget gets made, why it's stalled, and what an upside-down tax code actually means for working families. From teacher raises to Medicaid funding to child care center closures, the budget isn't abstract. It's your classroom, your clinic, and your community. Learn what a well-being budget could look like and how you can make your voice heard.

    Sign the People's Budget petition at peoplesbudgetnc.org and join the #LoveNCFundNC statewide social media scavenger hunt.

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    34 m
  • 2026 NC Primaries Breakdown — Rejected Ballots, Gerrymandering & Canvassing Comes Next
    Mar 12 2026

    The March primary is over, but the election process isn't.

    Right now, 100 county boards across North Carolina are in the canvass period, and most people have never heard of it. In this episode of Built by Us, host Kai McNeil sits down with Democracy NC's Senior Policy Analyst Brian Kennedy and Professor Michael Bitzer, Director of the NC Center for Politics, to break down what canvassing actually is, what the data shows about racial disparities in ballot rejections, and how racial gerrymandering already shaped the 2026 primary landscape before most people showed up to vote.

    Two voices. Two lenses. One unmistakable truth: every vote truly counts.

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    51 m
  • Basketball Blocking Democracy: Chris Suggs Still Fights for Kinston
    Feb 25 2026

    Kinston, North Carolina is known as basketball heaven – producing more NBA players per capita than anywhere else in the world. But right now, democracy is under attack in the same town that gave us Brandon Ingram, Cedric Maxwell, and Jerry Stackhouse.

    A polling site in a densely populated, predominantly Black neighborhood might be removed to avoid conflicts with high school basketball games. Meanwhile, Kinston just got carved out of Congressional District 1 as part of a mid-decade gerrymander targeting the historic Black Belt. The city manager quit after a contentious election cycle. And through it all, one question keeps coming up: why is basketball being protected while people's right to vote gets pushed aside?

    Chris Suggs isn't letting his community be silenced. A Democracy Summer alum, former city councilman, and founder of Kinston Teens, Chris has been organizing in Kinston since he was 14. In this episode, he breaks down the pattern connecting local voter suppression to national attacks on Black political power – and explains why he's more fired up than ever to keep fighting.

    This is what democracy under attack looks like at the local level. This is Built by Us.

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    26 m
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