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She Nearly Died in a Domestic Violence Attack. Illinois Denied Her Victim Compensation.
https://capitalbnews.org/crime-survivors-advocate-compensation-funds/
Published: September 11, 2025 14:15
Yolanda Carter was once an avid line dancer known for her smooth two-step. More than nine years ago, a domestic violence attack not only forced her to walk away from her beloved dance group, but it changed her life forever. It was around midnight on March…
U.S. District Judge Blocks Lisa Cook’s Removal From the Federal Reserve
https://capitalbnews.org/cbc-blasts-trump-firing-lisa-cook/
Published: September 10, 2025 15:00
A federal district court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Last month, Cook came under fire from President Donald Trump in a social media post alleging that she committed mortgage…
How a $5 Billion Federal Project Could Sink the Lower Ninth Ward For Good
https://capitalbnews.org/katrina-anniversary-lower-ninth-ward-canal-flood-threat/
Published: September 10, 2025 11:00
Willie Calhoun knows how to live with water. His home, cradled between the Mississippi River and a patchwork of canals, is split by the surging, ever-present current. But it wasn’t always that way in the Ninth Ward. Before the largest canal known as the…
Fact Check: Social Media Said Salt Trucks Were Used to Block ICE Agents in Chicago. This Is What Really Happened.
https://capitalbnews.org/chicago-salt-trucks-ice-myth/
Published: September 9, 2025 21:36
It sounds like a bit of poetic justice, street-protest style: there have been widespread reports on social media that activists opposed to mass deportation raids were using trucks loaded with rock salt, which is typically used to clear frozen roads, to…
ICE Is Stepping Up Raids. Know Your Rights Before They Knock.
https://capitalbnews.org/trump-immigration-crackdown-ice-know-your-rights/
Published: September 9, 2025 18:23
Federal immigration agents have begun stepped-up enforcement in Chicago, making the nation’s third-largest city the latest focal point in the Trump administration’s efforts to deport undocumented immigrants. The details are few, but the endeavor — known…
Atlanta’s Strip Clubs Make Millions. Advocates Warn They May Also Fuel Human Trafficking.
https://capitalbnews.org/how-strip-clubs-enable-sex-trafficking/
Published: September 8, 2025 18:30
In one episode of Starz’s glossy new docuseries, Magic City: An American Fantasy, a dancer called WifeyBaby describes the legendary strip club as “a gateway for you to be great.” A montage shows her dancing sensually, at one point fanning herself with a…
Soot, Sickness, and Silence: A Black Louisiana Community Is Still Struggling After an Explosion
https://capitalbnews.org/roseland-explosion-black-residents-epa-response/
Published: September 5, 2025 15:45
ROSELAND, La. — For 11 days after an oil and lubricant factory blew up less than a mile from her home, Millie Simmons could not stand outside for more than 10 minutes at a time. “I could hardly breathe,” the 58-year-old child care worker said outside her…
Mississippi Blues Elders Are Still Here. This Festival Is Making Sure You Hear Them.
https://capitalbnews.org/blues-reds-old-timers-festival-mississippi/
Published: September 5, 2025 11:00
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — On a summer Saturday in the Mississippi Delta, Australia “Honey Bee” Jones sat calm and reserved in a chair on the MLK Park Stage in downtown Clarksdale. The weather was mild. A light wind blew, but the sun shone brightly, making…
COVID Hits Black Americans Harder. New Vaccine Limits Increase the Risk
https://capitalbnews.org/cdc-covid-vaccine-access-florida-vaccine-mandates/
Published: September 4, 2025 16:30
Upheaval at the country’s top public health agency has left millions of Americans uncertain about access to the updated COVID-19 vaccines at a moment when rising case numbers threaten to disproportionately harm Black Americans. The U.S. Food and Drug…
The Army Took Their Land. Decades Later, This Black Community Still Wants It Back.
https://capitalbnews.org/harris-neck-land-back-movement/
Published: September 4, 2025 11:00
HARRIS NECK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Ga. — Over the course of what was a scorching, yet typical May day across Coastal Georgia, Willie Moran made it a point to stop and take a deep breath at every sight of water. Looking out across the estuaries and salt…
‘Sinners’ Put Clarksdale on the Map. Locals Used It to Build Unity.
https://capitalbnews.org/clarksdale-day-festival/
Published: September 3, 2025 14:00
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi — Dave Houston still can’t believe what he helped bring to life in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. For three days last week, he, along with a small committee, hosted the first ever Clarksdale Day Festival to unify the city…
HBCUs Are Keeping Black Baseball’s Legacy Alive With Limited Resources
https://capitalbnews.org/hank-aaron-legacy-hbcu-baseball/
Published: September 2, 2025 13:00
Cydney Cooper has been playing softball since she was 5 years old. Playing the sport in South Carolina came with being the only Black girl on the team, or one of a few Black players. As a shy, dark-skinned girl, Cooper said people often thought she had an…
Explosion at Louisiana Oil Plant Leaves Black Community Coated in Toxic Fallout
https://capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oil-plant-explosion/
Published: August 29, 2025 13:00
ROSELAND, La. — Tyreik Taylor had barely wiped the oil from his hands when the sky behind him lit up. Fifteen minutes after the 26-year-old drove home, a roar thundered from the plant where he helped mix chemicals for motor oil and had just punched out.…
What Was Lost: Neighborhood Sounds After Hurricane Katrina
https://capitalbnews.org/what-was-lost-neighborhood-sounds-after-hurricane-katrina/
Published: August 29, 2025 10:00
As part of Capital B’s coverage of the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina later this month, we’re proud to present “What Was Lost,” a series of reflections by Louisianans who survived the storm, produced by our collaborators at Verite News. When I snuck…
The Long Journey to Preserve Emmett Till’s Story, 70 Years After His Lynching
https://capitalbnews.org/emmett-till-legacy-70-years-later/
Published: August 28, 2025 14:30
At about 9 a.m. local time on Thursday, the Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. arrived by train in Greenwood, Mississippi. He traveled for nearly 13 hours from Chicago aboard the Amtrak City of New Orleans. This first-of-its-kind commemorative ride was done to honor…