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At South Florida’s Only HBCU, a Leadership Feud Ends in Court
https://capitalbnews.org/florida-memorial-hbcu-president-lawsuit/
Published: September 12, 2025 21:42
A Florida judge has put an end to a monthlong controversy at South Florida’s only historically Black university, ruling a former board trustee is the institution’s next president. Florida Memorial University found itself in the news when Brandon K. Dumas,…
Charlie Kirk Assassination Highlights Rising Political Violence in U.S.
https://capitalbnews.org/charlie-kirk-trump-political-violence-guns/
Published: September 12, 2025 17:37
The assassination of Charlie Kirk stunned first the audience at Utah Valley University, where he was shot while speaking Sept. 10, and then the country, as footage of his killing quickly spread. For many Americans, the conservative influencer’s death…
HBCUs Remain on Lockdown After Terrorist Threats
https://capitalbnews.org/hbcu-receive-threats/
Published: September 11, 2025 19:45
Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country were on lockdown Thursday after a series of “terrorist threats.” Early Thursday morning, Hampton University and Virginia State University said they received terrorist threats. Later,…
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…