Far-Right Watch Lists Are Putting Black Professors in Danger
Black professors open up about being on the Professor Watch List started by the organization Charlie Kirk co-founded.| Capital B News
President Donald Trump’s continued efforts to deport undocumented immigrants and what he says is a crackdown on crime in mostly Democratic-led cities — which have some of the nation’s largest Black populations — is showing no signs of slowing. Yet on Thursday, Chicago won a battle for now. A judge temporarily blocked the deployment of […] The post A City-by-City Breakdown of Trump’s Immigration Raids and Troop Deployments appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
Fre’Drisha Dixon can still recall the laughter that once spilled across the playground of the now-shuttered Clyde Woodworth Elementary School in Inglewood. Just as clearly, she can conjure up the loud banging of the bulldozers that plowed through the school’s classrooms last year. Today, both sounds are drowned out by talk of turning that barren […] The post In LA, Olympic Dreams Lead to Nightmares for a Historic Black Community appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
In a first coordinated African-led effort at the United Nations, leaders have declared the Transatlantic Slave Trade as “the greatest crime against humanity” and called for reparations. African leaders recently took the global stage at the U.N.’s General Assembly in New York, where Ghana’s president, John Dramani Mahama, announced plans to submit the first formal […] The post Ghana’s President Calls Slave Trade ‘Greatest Crime,’ Pushes U.N. for Reparations appeared first o...| Capital B News
After three decades of tracking food insecurity, understanding the reality of Americans without access to reliable food may become more difficult due to the discontinuation of a federal survey. The Household Food Security Report is an annual, national survey that monitors the severity of food insecurity in U.S. households. The United States Department of Agriculture […] The post USDA Pulls Plug on Report That Measured Who Goes Hungry in America appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
The U.S. government has officially shutdown after a deadlocked Congress failed to pass a funding measure by Wednesday’s 12:01 a.m. deadline. It’s the first federal shutdown in more than six years. A crucial vote would have kept government services and programs running. A shutdown will disproportionately burden Black Americans, who are overrepresented among federal workers […] The post Shutdown Threatens Jobs, Services for Black Communities Nationwide appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
My brother, Gabriel V. Chavez, 51, had lived in the United States as an undocumented citizen since he was 9 years old. He was sent to prison at age 16. Then, after 32 years in prison, he was released and immediately re-arrested. For two years, he was held in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, before being deported in September 2024 to El Salvador. Upon his arrival there, he was booked into Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo, the country's terrorism confinement cent...| Prison Journalism Project
Black professors open up about being on the Professor Watch List started by the organization Charlie Kirk co-founded.| Capital B News
Think government reins in corporate greed? Think again. 🚨 The real driver of overpriced products and| www.learnliberty.org
Political analysts fear that the administration’s crackdown on free speech has major implications for Black Americans at odds with its anti-diversity stances.| Capital B News
CHICAGO — Olayemi Owoludun was still in high school when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016. He was too young to vote, but not too young to feel its impact. A “terrified” friend who was an immigrant fell off the grid months after Trump’s first inauguration, he recalls. He was worried about his undocumented […] The post Chicago’s Black Immigrants Face New Wave of ICE Arrests and Uncertainty appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
For decades, Louisiana used nonunanimous jury verdicts, a practice rooted in racism and long rejected by nearly every other U.S. jurisdiction. Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this system unconstitutional in 2020, the decision did not apply retroactively to cases already decided. The post Louisiana Lets a Relic of Jim Crow Stand appeared first on Prison Journalism Project.| Prison Journalism Project
War has always been the enemy of liberty, but nuclear war is the enemy of humanity itself.| Learn Liberty
In 2016, America learned how much the Supreme Court could sway an election. In 2020, the pandemic revealed how quickly liberty can be traded for “safety.” From shutdowns to vaccine mandates, power was concentrated in the hands of a few, until the Court pushed back.| Learn Liberty
Half still want proper ecological assessments; two-in-five in Quebec demand provincial input June 26, 2025 – The fast track on projects deemed in the national interest is well on the way to being paved. But while Canadians broadly support the concept of accelerating the timelines of major national infrastructure projects, concern remains over what steps are being skipped to get…| Angus Reid Institute
Pastor Jamal Bryant has been instrumental in leading an economic protest against the retailer, which rolled back its DEI initiatives earlier this year.| Capital B News - Atlanta
A judge found that the district attorney’s office failed to comply with Georgia’s open records law.| Capital B News - Atlanta
The administration claims that it’s targeting DEI. It’s really chipping away at civil rights protections.| Capital B News
“Hear me clearly: if you enact the proposed budget: people will die,” she wrote in a letter to the board last month.| Capital B News - Atlanta
“It's not an issue for the state to necessarily be involved in,” Georgia Sen. Harold Jones says.| Capital B News - Atlanta
46% say PM should resign, prorogue House for leadership race; two-in-five want a Feb. 2025 election December 30, 2024 – At the end of what has already been a bruising year for federal Liberals, they are on the precipice of a very unhappy New Year. Amid growing calls for their leader to resign, the latest...| angusreid.org
Trudeau, Poilievre, Singh all viewed negatively by majority of Canadians December 20, 2024 – The holidays are often a season of reflection, but for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the scale of personal deliberation is reportedly going to be gargantuan, as he will decide whether or not to lead his party into an expected election this...| angusreid.org
The governor’s office expressed “uncertainty” as to whether he has the power to intervene.| Capital B News - Atlanta
The U.S. representative from Minnesota didn't face the direct offensive from pro-Israel groups that some of her fellow progressive lawmakers did.| Capital B News
As diversity programs face pushback, school administrators fear the backlash could exacerbate health disparities already experienced by people of color.| Capital B News
Mark Farrell, pitching himself as having the strongest private sector and business background, proposed a 20-year plan for the city’s downtown.| The San Francisco Standard
For the first time since 1974, all three major federal party leaders score at least -12 in approval May 9, 2024 – Many pundits and observers have speculated that politics has “never been this divisive”, with party leaders who seek to exploit differences rather than overcome them. Even Canadians have voiced concern that there is no room for compromise or…| Angus Reid Institute
