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The Rev. Lennox Yearwood had learned from experience that getting more members of the hip-hop generation to be politically active was difficult. He knew it wasn’t enough to get them to turn out to vote for one election – because they might not show up for the next one. And he believed that creating change […] The post Black Organizers Change Their Message to the Hip-Hop Generation appeared first on Capital B News.

Standing outside the Louisville Metropolitan Hall, Aminata “Amina” Seck described the eerie loneliness of being kept in isolation during her two-month detention while she renewed her student visa. When she first approached the podium at a press conference on Oct. 7, the Kentucky State University basketball star from Senegal grabbed her own arm, self-soothing. Her […] The post Kentucky State Basketball Player Released After Two Months in Detention appeared first on Capital B News.

This story is a collaboration between MindSite News, Capital B, The 19th, and The Nation, and was edited by MindSite News. Photos by Kuwilileni Hauwanga On April Fool’s Day last year, Philadelphia federal worker Darlene Tart-Scott arrived at work only to find out she had been laid off. Minutes later, she was on a train […] The post ‘I Had to Get My Mind Right’: The Challenges to Loving Relationships After Being Laid Off appeared first on Capital B News.

When Tennessee Republicans divided Nashville among three congressional districts in 2022, the move dismantled a Democratic bastion. Just four years later, Memphis got a similar treatment. Republican lawmakers in May approved a new congressional map that cracked Memphis, gutting the state’s only remaining Democratic congressional seat. For state Rep. Justin Jones, 31, a Nashville Democrat […] The post Justin Jones Wants Black Voters to See the Bigger Fight Behind Tennessee’s New Map appeared first on Capital B News.

Barack Obama has endorsed Keisha Lance Bottoms in Georgia’s heated governor’s race — and he wants Peach State voters to do the same. The nation’s first Black president issued a video endorsement Wednesday night in support of the Democratic nominee vying to become America’s first Black woman governor. During the 54-second clip, Obama calls on Georgia […] The post Barack Obama Backs Keisha Lance Bottoms for Georgia Governor appeared first on Capital B News.