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After FAMU Signed ICE Deal, Students Demanded Answers, and Were Met With Silence The school is one of more than a dozen Florida colleges that have partnered with ICE amid a statewide push for closer immigration enforcement.

The school is one of more than a dozen Florida colleges that have partnered with ICE amid a statewide push for closer immigration enforcement.
https://capitalbnews.org/famu-ice-student-protests/

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Congo Miners Keep Dying for Minerals That Power U.S. Tech The mine feeding smartphones, data centers, and EVs became a mass grave, as a Trump‑era minerals accord moves ahead with little oversight.

NEW: After Trump signed a Dec. agreement, the U.S. now has preferential access to Congo’s copper, cobalt, and coltan. None of it was debated in Congo’s parliament

Hundreds are dying in hand‑dug tunnels for the minerals used in U.S. phones and data centers
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Insurance Crisis Leaves Black Homeowners One Disaster Away From Homelessness From Altadena to Alabama, Black families learn the real catastrophe starts after the disaster, when insurers decide who is worth saving.

NEW: 5 Black family homes worth $2.1M burned to the ground
The insurance check? $297,000
One sister dead
Investors circling the ashes
This is what “disaster capitalism” looks like
Read what they did to Altadena’s Black families & what that signals for all of us: capitalbnews.org/housing-insu...

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THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late
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Join Beyond Plastics President Judith Enck and co-author @adamlmahoney.bsky.social for a virtual conversation about our new book "The Problem with Plastic" from @thenewpress.bsky.social with City Lights Live on Monday, March 9 at 6 PM PT/7 PM ET.

The Little-Known Committee That Has Cost Black Farmers for Generations County committees may not be as powerful as they were at the height of Jim Crow, but the system still has serious consequences for Black producers.

93 years ago, the USDA created county committees where farmers elect their peers to give feedback on federal programs.

This committee is powerful and makes more than recommendations. It determines who gets help and who gets left behind.

MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/usda-county-...

Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.

NEW: A Georgia railroad owned by a descendant of an enslaver is using eminent domain to take land owned by descendants of the enslaved. If you want to understand how slavery still shapes power today, start here: capitalbnews.org/georgia-rail...

Black Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism Case The lawsuit could force a jury to decide if turning Black communities into sacrifice zones is a legacy of slavery.

NEW: Black Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism Case

The case asks whether zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.

capitalbnews.org/cancer-alley...

100 Years After a Black Family Was Forced Out, a Descendant Sues a California City A sculpture park is being built in Piedmont, California, to honor the Dearing family, but one relative says it’s not enough.

The Dearing family became the 1st Black homeowners in Piedmont, CA. But were forced out by their white neighbors and city officials.

100 years later, the city plans to honor them. Their great-granddaughter is suing for compensation and a formal apology.

capitalbnews.org/black-homeow...

A Rural S.C. County Quietly Approved a $2B Data Center During the Winter Storm Data centers are the nation's fastest-growing energy demand driver, but developers are using nondisclosure agreements to keep projects hidden.

NEW: Developers are using NDAs to keep data centers hidden while systematically choosing communities — often majority-Black rural counties — with less organized political and economic power.

In rural SC, a $2B project got pushed through during the ice storm: capitalbnews.org/secret-data-...

Meta’s AI Data Center Sparks a Crisis in the Bible Belt Over the Power of Faith In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build America's biggest AI complex very differently.

I'm biased, or maybe I'm just the expert in this situation, but this is the most interesting thing I've ever written: capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...

For Rural Black Communities, Winter Storm Fern Hits Where Recovery Never Finished As temperatures plunge, rural Black towns face days without power. Some are still rebuilding from the last catastrophe.

One of the worst hit places in Mississippi was Rolling Fork, a small, 80% Black town. On Monday, the entire town was out of power and running water.

Just three years ago, Rolling Fork saw 90% of its buildings and structures decimated by tornadoes.
capitalbnews.org/winter-storm...

Book Review: Confronting the Bane of Plastic Pollution "The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

“'The Problem With Plastic' is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production,” says @undark.org about our new book.

undark.org/2026/01/14/b...

Weds, 1/28/26 at 7 PM ET | WEBINAR with co-authors Judith Enck, Adam Mahoney, and Melissa Valliant — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution Join co-authors Judith Enck, Adam Mahoney, and Melissa Valliant on January 28 at 7 PM ET US for a free webinar to discuss the new book, “The Problem with Plastic”.

🚨 VIRTUAL EVENT SOON 🚨 Hop on your computer and get cozy on Jan. 28 with Judith Enck, Melissa Valliant, and I, co-authors of “The Problem with Plastic” via Zoom to learn more about the plastic pollution crisis and the solutions outlined in our new book. www.beyondplastics.org/book-events/...

We're all smiles 😊 “The Problem with Plastic” just made Independent Publishers Caucus' new weekly list of the top forty non-fiction bestsellers! 📕 🏅

Get your copy now at your local independent bookstore or online at @bookshop.org bit.ly/problemwithp...

A year after the Eaton Fire, permit delays keep Black families from returning - High Country News The Eaton Fire stripped Altadena of its trees, and for some Black families, of their place in it.

The Eaton Fire stripped Altadena of its trees, and for some Black families, of their place in it.

Why Afro-Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Venezuela More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.

More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.

https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/

After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

After a white county in South Carolina rejected a data center, developers have sets their sights on a Black community for a proposed data center complex the size of 1,200 football fields

Join Judith Enck in Conversation with The Atlantic’s Senior Editor, Vann R. Newkirk II at Politics & Prose at the Wharf — Beyond Plastics - Working To End Single-Use Plastic Pollution More than a critique, The Problem with Plastic emphasizes the urgent need for action against plastic's toxic legacy. Author Judith Enck will be in conversation with Vann R. Newkirk II, a senior…

We hope to see you at 7:00PM tomorrow at Politics and Prose at the Wharf for an inspiring book talk with our president Judith Enck in conversation with Vann R. Newkirk II, a senior editor at The Atlantic, to learn how you can protect yourself and the planet from plastic pollution.

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Hey folks! For @capitalb.bsky.social I’m working on a story about how Black Americans are preparing for wage garnishment for public student loans. Those 270+ days past due could face up to 15% garnishment. Looking for those who may be impacted. Feel free to email me: Alecia.taylor@capitalbnews.org

After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

NEW: After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area

Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.

capitalbnews.org/data-center-...

Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities Communities in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.

NEW: Venezuelan Oil Brought to the U.S. Would Be Refined in Black Gulf Communities

Black community advocates in Texas and Louisiana say U.S. control of Venezuela’s heavy crude will worsen “environmental racism” along the Gulf.

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Dozens of people gathered in McKeldin Square on December 18 to honor more than 80 unhoused Baltimoreans who died in 2025. baltimorebeat.com/ahead-of-a-b...

Deportations of African Migrants Triple Under Trump’s Second Term A Capital B analysis shows most of those targeted have no criminal record.

A Capital B analysis of government data shows that deportations of people from African countries are on pace to nearly triple this year compared with the annual average during the Biden administration. Most have no criminal record.

capitalbnews.org/deportations...

Roseland Fights for Relief After a Billion-Dollar Oil Disaster Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.

NEW: 4 months have passed since a Louisiana oil facility burst apart, spewing black sludge across homes, farms, and waterways as far as 50 miles away.

Yet the black goo still clings to walls, roofs, and soil of more than half of the majority-Black town’s properties
capitalbnews.org/roseland-lou...

In a N.C. Town With Almost No Grocers, One Farmer Is Expanding Local Food Access On land once targeted for toxic dumping, a Black family is fighting environmental racism and teaching residents how to feed themselves.

In a N.C. Town With Almost No Grocers, One Farmer Is Expanding Local Food Access

On land once targeted for toxic dumping, a Black family is fighting environmental racism and teaching residents how to feed themselves.
capitalbnews.org/north-caroli... | @capitalb.bsky.social

Fear, Flights, and Forced Returns: How a U.S.–Ghana Deportation Pact Is Reshaping Lives Ghanaians at home and abroad are navigating hope and an uneasy partnership between Washington and Accra.

NEW: From the Bronx to Accra, lives are being rebuilt — or dismantled — under a U.S.–Ghana deportation pact few know exists.

In Ghana, I met the people caught in between: the deported, the waiting, the afraid.

Read the story: capitalbnews.org/ghana-us-dep...