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Black Americans Warn Trump’s Threat to Iran Risks Dangerous Escalation

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Published: April 7, 2026 21:00

President Donald Trump may have announced a ceasefire just 90 minutes before his deadline that the U.S. would annihilate Iran if it didn’t reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but hours earlier, Black and community leaders criticized the president’s handling of…

In Roseland, Black Residents Were Told They Were Safe as Toxic Chemicals Spread

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Published: April 7, 2026 15:30

ROSELAND, La. — First came the oily sludge that spotted homes, waterways, and gardens. Then the stomach aches, headaches, nosebleeds, brain fog, and dead chickens and fish that pastor Marvin Vernon began tallying in his notebook.  Vernon joined other…

Some Black Women Say the Best Thing They Did for Their Health Was Leave America

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Published: April 6, 2026 15:00

This story was produced as part of the Association of Health Care Journalists’ German Work Study Group, with support from the Commonwealth Fund. BERLIN – Denise Banks-Grasedyck sat inside a bustling food court full of currywurst and German cuisines in…

Astronaut Victor Glover’s History-Making Mission to the Moon

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Published: April 2, 2026 20:16

Artemis II has set out to pave the way for future Moon landings, and its pilot, Victor Glover, will be the first Black astronaut to travel around the moon. On April 1, Glover, Commander Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch and Canada’s Jeremy Hansen lifted off…

2 Live Crew’s Uncle Luke Is Running for Congress and Calling Out Black Trump Supporters

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Published: April 2, 2026 19:20

The 2 Live Crew: Remember them? Led by Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell, the hip-hop group pioneered the Miami bass genre and Southern rap more generally in the 1980s and ’90s, as they rattled car trunks and scandalized censors with lyrics that implored women…

A Financial Crisis Could Upend Kentucky’s Only Public HBCU

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Published: April 1, 2026 16:00

Jamya Chenault is finishing her third year as a mass communications major at Kentucky State University, but the state legislature has her worried about what will happen if the state takes control.  In March, a plan was unveiled in the Kentucky General…

As USDA Cuts $300 Million, Black Farmers Say They Can’t Rely on the Government

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Published: April 1, 2026 11:30

Qiddist Ashé had a gut feeling that a federal program meant to help underserved farmers get access to land wouldn’t last. In 2023, the Black Oregon Land Trust, a community land trust she co-founded, was awarded $2.5 million from the United States…

The Supreme Court Fight That Could Unravel Who Gets to Be American

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Published: March 31, 2026 11:30

With birthright citizenship — which was enshrined in the 14th Amendment to clarify the legal status of Black Americans following the Civil War — on the chopping block, civil rights groups are on high alert for threats to all rights, even those long seen as…

An Oil Explosion in a Black Texas Town Traces Back to Trump’s Iran and Venezuela Crises

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Published: March 30, 2026 17:15

John Beard takes no pleasure in being right. In January, he told Capital B that he feared U.S. military action in Venezuela, which ultimately gave America preferential access to the South American nation’s vast oil reserves, would lead to disaster in…

After Breaking Barriers, Fisk Is Ending Its Gymnastics Program

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Published: March 27, 2026 17:00

When Liberty Mora stepped into the gym at the Super 16 gymnastics meet in Las Vegas with her Fisk University teammates to compete for the first time in 2023, the crowd rose to its feet before they even began. For a moment, the significance hit all at once:…

U.S. Votes No as UN Calls Slave Trade ‘Gravest Crime’ and Backs Reparations

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Published: March 26, 2026 19:45

The United States joined Israel and Argentina on Thursday in voting against a Ghana-led resolution that declared the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved Africans the “gravest crime against humanity” and urged countries to pursue reparations. The…

This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut Support

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Published: March 26, 2026 11:30

At 76, Patricia Greenwood has given up on trying to name whatever now grows in the yard. It isn’t grass, she said. That died many floods ago and never returned.  The water in her kitchen has never run clear in her memory. Even the dog refuses to drink it. …

Black Elders Without Birth Records Could Lose Vote Under SAVE America Act

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Published: March 24, 2026 11:30

When Courtney Patterson was born on his family’s farm in Lenoir County, North Carolina, 80 years ago, he was fortunate that a country doctor recorded his birth, ensuring that he would have a document later. “But many other people who grew up with me didn’t…