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Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.| Capital B News
Weeks after a heated debate over the possibility of starting a high school chapter of deeply conservative Turning Point USA, a Black Virginia school board vice chairman has been censured for “unbecoming” conduct after a board meeting. Prince William County School Board member Tracy L. Blake is accused of being “aggressive” and bullying another board […] The post Black Virginia School Board Member Censured After Turning Point USA Clash appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. In the hours after 17-year-old David was locked in housing unit H, voices filtered into his cell. The sound came from multiple places at once: the seams of the door, the vent by the ceiling, the walls themselves. They knew he’d just […] The post Juvenile Detention Centers: No School, No Fresh Air and Isolated appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a legendary transgender activist, was known for many things in her community. As a caretaker, she was known for getting Black trans women off the street and housed when they faced poverty and violence. As a fierce advocate for trans rights, she was known for demanding that LGBTQ+ people focus on protecting […] The post Legendary Transgender Activist Miss Major Dies at 78 appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
Standing in front of the Pasadena, California, City Council in June, Totress Beasley begged for support. After being displaced twice — after previous landlords sold the rental properties she called home — she explained how she thought she should put her life in her own hands and buy her own house. For five years, through the Great Recession, the […] The post Climate Disasters Are Destroying Black Retirements and the American Dream appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
The U.S. Department of Education has begun laying off more than 450 employees — many of whom oversee special education and civil rights enforcement. After the layoffs, a federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from firing government workers. While the judge’s decision has temporarily prevented more cuts to government […] The post Federal Layoffs Put Head Start, FAFSA, and Civil Rights Investigations at Risk appeared first on Capital B N...| Capital B News
Atlanta has long been the scene where Black creatives could thrive both behind and in front of the camera. Since the 1970s, when then-Gov. Jimmy Carter launched the Georgia Film Office, the opening of Tyler Perry studios and other large-scale production facilities over the past twenty years, and a favorable film tax credit, the state […] The post Hollywood South Is Hurting: Georgia’s Film Industry Weathers a Brutal Downturn appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
WASHINGTON — Living in North Baton Rouge is like being on the wrong side of the tracks, Martha Davis said. There are potholes everywhere that make you feel as if you’re driving on a washboard, southeastern Louisiana residents are still reeling from the loss of medical facilities, and the area has some of the lowest-performing […] The post Supreme Court Weighs Louisiana Map in Voting Rights Battle Over Black Representation appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
Sitting in a Virginia state prison cell, Bryan Reid would often slouch his shoulders, droop his chin, and pout his bottom lip — the posture of someone struggling to believe how his life had come to this. Before he was transferred in 2018 to Coffeewood Correctional Center in Mitchells, he was a proud father of […] The post Cannabis Convictions Still Haunt Black Families. This Nonprofit Offers a Lifeline. appeared first on Capital B News.| Capital B News
Neo-soul singer D'Angelo joins growing list of Gen X Black male performers who are dying relatively young.| 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
A new nonprofit provides resources to Black families of transgender and nonbinary youth at a moment of heightened political hostility.| Capital B News
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
For Black Louisianans, health fears mount as federal crews face delays, threats, and funding shortfalls at the oil disaster site.| 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
Hampton University and Virginia State University were the first to report Thursday, and the list grew quickly.| 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
