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COVID Hits Black Americans Harder. New Vaccine Limits Increase the Risk

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…

What’s Really in the Blacksonian. It’s Not How Trump Framed It.

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Published: August 28, 2025 11:00

Photographs by Kuwilileni Hauwanga/Capital B “Woke.” “Out of control.” “Nothing about success.” President Donald Trump on Aug. 19 took to his social media platform to post about what he believes are the failures of the Smithsonian Institution when it comes…

Black Lawmakers Blast Trump Over ‘Racist’ Firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook

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Published: August 27, 2025 16:00

The Congressional Black Caucus had harsh words for President Donald Trump in a statement supporting Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook. Last week, the Spelman College grad came under fire from the president in a social media post alleging that Cook…

Black Mayor in Rural Alabama Once Denied His Seat Faces Opponent

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Published: August 26, 2025 22:30

NEWBERN, Ala. — On a quiet, sunny morning, Gabrielle Cook and her 20-year-old son Mark Cabil walked into their town hall to cast their ballots in an election that will decide the future of their rural Alabama town. For the first time in Newbern’s history,…

Cashless Bail Prevents Job and Housing Loss. Trump’s Orders Threaten Safety Net.

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Published: August 26, 2025 19:10

Criminal justice advocates warn that President Donald Trump’s executive orders aimed at ending cashless bail policies will disproportionately impact low-income communities.  Black and brown people, who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system,…

Why Voting Is Becoming Harder for Black Americans in Southern States

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Published: August 26, 2025 11:00

Rod Sias remembers how deeply hurt he was when Louisiana lost its second majority-Black congressional district in the 1990s. Because of a federal court ruling, the 56-year-old Opelousas resident said, Black Louisianans were denied an opportunity to elect…

Inside the Memphis Chamber of Commerce’s Push for Elon Musk’s xAI Data Center

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Published: August 25, 2025 17:30

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with MLK50. Sign up for Dispatches to get our stories in your inbox every week. Marilyn Gooch was already skeptical about one of her newest neighbors, xAI’s supercomputing…

Howard President Resigns Amid Housing Crisis and Student Outrage

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Published: August 22, 2025 21:40

Howard University will soon be on the hunt for a new university president for the second time in just two years.  The school’s 18th president, Ben Vinson III, will step down on Aug. 31, the board of trustees announced Friday. His tenure was short-lived, as…

Her Mother Died Just Before Katrina. In the Storm’s Wake, Grief Had No Room.

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Published: August 22, 2025 17:30

The death of her mother — a heart attack, sudden — took Selarstean Mitchell by surprise. Mitchell, who spoke with her mother every day, had called her on a Saturday morning, nothing out of the ordinary. By Saturday afternoon, her mother was in the…

Black Voters ‘Finally’ Get Win After Federal Judge Strikes Down Mississippi Map

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Published: August 22, 2025 15:00

In Dyamone White’s rural Mississippi town, churches long served as the gathering spot for community events.  As a millennial, she recognized the need to bring those events elsewhere as a way to increase civic engagement and host important community…

Black Tourists Defend History as Trump Targets the Smithsonian

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Published: August 22, 2025 11:00

WASHINGTON — When Ronnie Underwood heard President Donald Trump’s claim this week that the Smithsonian Institution is “out of control” and focuses on “how horrible our country is,” he grew angry, he said. The way Underwood, 65, sees it, if we don’t know…

Undocumented Black Communities Brace for Ripple Effects of Federal Takeover

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Published: August 21, 2025 18:30

As Washington, D.C., police are increasingly cooperating with the Trump administration on immigration enforcement, Black immigration groups fear it will put Black and brown people in other sanctuary jurisdictions at risk of being arrested and possibly…

She Got 27 Years for Killing Her Abuser. Oklahoma’s Survivors Act Could Free Her.

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Published: August 20, 2025 14:15

No one disputes that Tyesha Long shot and killed her ex-boyfriend nearly five years ago.  But after spending almost three years in prison for manslaughter, she could soon walk free under a new Oklahoma law meant to give domestic violence survivors a second…