“The presence of hostile groups on our campus is not merely a political statement,” Tennessee State University said in a statement. “It is an attempt to draw attention to their views by creating visibility at the expense of Tennessee State University students.”

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The forests that once sheltered the small town of Roseland are turning brown. Now, many residents are left wondering: Is what was left behind after the Aug. 22 blast safe? If it’s making the trees ill, what about them?

September marks the remembrance of a four-day wave of racial terror that left at least 25 Black men, women, and children dead, hundreds injured or missing, and businesses destroyed. atlanta.capitalbnews.org/1906-atlanta...

Black professors open up about being on the Professor Watch List started by the organization Charlie Kirk co-founded. capitalbnews.org/black-profes...

Black professors open up about being on the Professor Watch List started by the organization Charlie Kirk co-founded. capitalbnews.org/black-profes...

Black Chicagoans are divided on how to respond to Trump’s renewed immigration crackdowns. Some see echoes of overpolicing in their own communities. Others say: “It’s not us against them.” Here's what’s happening when I went on the ground to Chicago last week: capitalbnews.org/trump-ice-ra...

NEW: The trees in Roseland are turning brown. A month after an oil plant explosion coated this small Black town in toxic soot, experts say the forests are sick. If the land is poisoned — what about the people who call it home? capitalbnews.org/roseland-oil...

Political analysts fear the administration’s crackdown on free speech has major implications for Black Americans. capitalbnews.org/trump-crackd...

“It’s about more than water,” one resident said. “We’re still Hurricane Betsy survivors. Still Katrina survivors. But who’s going to survive the next storm?”

After the industrial explosion in Roseland, the EPA still says there is no health threat. capitalbnews.org/roseland-oil...

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There are 69,484 Black immigrants in the Chicago metro area originally from a country in Africa, making up 5.2% of the city’s population, according to an American Community Survey analysis of the 2023 Census.

Nearly a decade since Harvey, residents are afraid history might be repeated. As Black Texans face compounded harms from polluters and unjust disaster relief, federal rules that require thousands of facilities to report these emissions are suddenly at risk.

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.

The Trump administration said it will redirect $435 million to historically Black colleges and universities and tribal campuses as it defunds grant programs for other minority students at other institutions.

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Larry Black Jr. was taken to surgery to have his organs removed for donation — even though his heart was still beating and he hadn’t been declared brain-dead.

The case will now be reviewed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney General, the release said.

The post sparked an online conversation about charge stacking — which is when prosecutors file multiple criminal charges against a defendant for the same incident — and the disproportionate impact this practice has on Black Americans.

Nearly 70,000 immigrants from African countries live in the city, making up 5.2% of the population, according to 2023 U.S. Census data.

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The Department of Education announced the funding boost just days after cutting $350 million from other grants. capitalbnews.org/trump-hbcus-...

A Black college student who was found hanging from a tree on his school’s campus in Mississippi was not the victim of foul play law enforcement officials said, countering online speculation that he was the victim of a lynching. capitalbnews.org/trey-reed-de...

When the data disappears, so do defenses for Black neighborhoods surrounded by smokestacks and floodwaters, advocates warn. capitalbnews.org/trump-epa-en...

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The Large Division winner of the Community Champion Award is “Reduced to Ash: The Eaton Fire’s Impact on Black Families,” by @adamlmahoney.bsky.social for @capitalb.bsky.social.

“Severance” star Tramell Tillman became the first Black actor to win an Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series at the 77th Emmy Awards. “I am full. I am humbled. I am honored,” Tillman said in his acceptance speech for his first Emmy nomination and win.

The rapper’s four felony charges underscore a practice that advocates say disproportionately burdens Black defendants. capitalbnews.org/lil-nas-x-ch...

Florida judge sides with board of trustees of Florida Memorial in fight over selecting the university’s next president. capitalbnews.org/florida-memo...

Atlanta, like other major cities across the U.S., has been cited by the FBI and other national agencies as a major hub for exploitation, with its busy airport, active tourism and easy access to major interstate highways.

Willie Calhoun remembers the day, sitting at the dinner table when he was about 10. His longshoreman father, tired after a day on the barge, declared a warning almost as fact: “If a storm ever come up, it is gonna drown the Ninth Ward.”

A federal district court judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the removal of Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors.

Historians say the closest analogue to today’s uptick in political violence is the 1960s and 1970s. capitalbnews.org/charlie-kirk...

The use of the trucks is routine, a city spokesman said, not a political statement about deportation raids.

Several Historically Black Colleges and Universities across the country were on lockdown Thursday after a series of “terrorist threats.” capitalbnews.org/hbcu-receive...

Advocates are challenging compensation rules that leave Black and brown survivors behind. capitalbnews.org/crime-surviv...

I spent six months walking the Lower Ninth Ward, speaking w/ dozens of neighbors, + combing through 6,000 pages of FOIA docs. My latest reveals what recent documentaries left out. If Katrina’s legacy moved you, don’t miss what’s happening to the community now capitalbnews.org/katrina-anni...

As the Trump administration launches new sweeps in Chicago, immigrants are encouraged to know their legal protections.

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A Gullah Geechee community made home on a set of marshes & estuaries in Coastal Georgia. The land still holds their graves, but in 1942 the federal government seized the area for 'national security.' 83 years later, the fight for it back continues. capitalbnews.org/harris-neck-...

Decades after Betsy and Katrina, the community faces another threat — a canal proposal promising “progress” that could threaten its survival.

Strip clubs can play a significant role in normalizing sex for money, and put Black women and girls at greater risk for abuse or worse.

Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina, Black New Orleanians are navigating hopelessness, addiction, and the struggle to survive. Was the legacy of the storm more lethal than Katrina itself? From our friends at @capitalb.bsky.social:

On Wednesday: 20 years after Katrina, the storm still lingers. Join @motherjones.com, @capitalb.bsky.social & Texas Observer in Houston for an evening of stories, action & resilience. When: Sept 10 | 7PM Where: Julia Ideson Building, Houston, TX Tickets: bit.ly/KatrinaEvent2025 #TheLingeringStorm

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