Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and threat to take over the city’s police comes as crime reaches a 30-year low in the nation’s capital.| Capital B News
Devon Price, a 15-year-old boy with autism, has attended the largest school district in North Carolina for 10 years, but he cannot read or write. His twin sister, Danielle, who is also autistic, was bullied by classmates and became suicidal. Under federal law, public schools must provide children with disabilities a “free appropriate public education,” […] The post Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was sentenced Friday to 50 months in federal jail following his conviction on prostitution charges. Combs, who turned a career as a music producer into a portfolio of businesses worth a billion dollars, was convicted on July 2 after prosecutors said he coerced women into sexual encounters with male escorts. […] The post Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Sentenced to 50 Months in Federal Prison 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
For the fourth time in less than a decade, Jackson State University is searching for its next university president — and its alumni are calling for more transparency in the search process. The university’s presidents are picked by the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees, which oversees public universities in Mississippi. The board consists […] The post Jackson State Alumni Say Leadership Instability Is Costing the School Its Future appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
The calls, texts and emails have been pouring in. Since news broke in late February that a 20-year-old student at Southern University died in what police called “a fraternity hazing incident,” messages and voicemails continue to fill the inbox of filmmaker Byron Hurt. Hurt heard from some of these same people three years ago, when […] The post Hazing Death Prompts Soul-Searching for Divine Nine appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
In a win for Black landowners, Georgia’s highest court unanimously sided with Gullah Geechee communities in a long-standing zoning battle on Sapelo Island. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that had stopped a referendum to consider repealing a revised zoning ordinance passed by McIntosh County officials two years ago. A […] The post Georgia’s Highest Court Sides With Sapelo Island Residents to Put Land Battle on Ballot appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
For Black Louisianans, health fears mount as federal crews face delays, threats, and funding shortfalls at the oil disaster site.| 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
From grocery stores to food distribution services, Black women are leading efforts to feed their communities.| Capital B News
In a country that calls itself a model of democracy, “we sit in a district that doesn’t experience democracy in the same way,” one resident says.| Capital B News
Legislatures are increasingly crafting their own laws to protect the power of the ballot box.| Capital B News
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Black professors open up about being on the Professor Watch List started by the organization Charlie Kirk co-founded.| Capital B News
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
After the industrial explosion in rural Louisiana town, the EPA still says there is no health threat.| 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
Hampton University and Virginia State University were the first to report Thursday, and the list grew quickly.| Capital B News
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Fears grow that the new policies not only threaten economic stability, but will intensify existing inequalities.| Capital B News
The agency will no longer use the term "socially disadvantaged," saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination.| Capital B News
Despite convictions on prostitution counts, Sean Combs’ acquittal on sex trafficking and racketeering sparked outrage — and a painful review of whose trauma is taken seriously.| Capital B News
They are reviving the mission of an association of Black churches that fed and educated Black families after the Civil War.| Capital B News
The administration claims that it’s targeting DEI. It’s really chipping away at civil rights protections.| Capital B News
Public comments from Black California residents highlight the difficulty of the state’s unprecedented approach to lowering its racial equity gap.| Capital B News
The decision would prohibit most efforts to protect Black people’s access to the ballot box.| Capital B News
Spearheaded by a right-wing think tank, the agenda would roll back policies that have aided Black economic and social gains.| Capital B News
With a fair congressional map signed into law, advocates shift to making sure that residents understand the stakes of this year’s elections.| Capital B News
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
When a rural hospital closes, there’s usually no turning back. Yet, these communities in Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee worked across racial lines despite painful histories.| Capital B News
The killing of an unhoused Black man by out-of-state officers intensifies concerns over the convention's impact and protections for local residents.| 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
Love’s Travel Stop hopes to build a travel center in the middle of a community outside Joliet, Illinois. Residents sued to protect their land and health.| Capital B News