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In rural Alabama, Ms. Calhoun's utility bill for a 2-br trailer has jumped to $350 monthly, a huge cut of her $1,300 monthly fixed income One of the reasons why? data centers Rates & disconnections are rising, & its hitting Black households the hardest capitalbnews.org/trump-electr...

Data Center Surge Only Worsens Electricity Costs for Black FamiliesTrump promised to cut power bills, but instead nearly 100 million households are behind on utility payments, with Black households holding the most debt.capitalbnews.org

Jones’ death is the latest in a series of high-profile alleged hazing cases. In recent years, colleges, fraternities, and marching bands have been investigated after hazing incidents led to deaths or severe injuries. capitalbnews.org/wilberforce-... via @aleciareports.bsky.social

Lawsuit Alleges Ohio HBCU Failed to Stop Deadly Underground HazingThe family of Savanna Jones says the tragedy exposes hazing culture that extends beyond fraternities and athletic teams.capitalbnews.org

NYC passed a law requiring landlords to install AC by 2030. Public housing was exempt Karen Leader, a 71‑year‑old retiree in NYCHA, has watched neighbors pass out from the heat while she waits for help that never came This heat wave may be no different: capitalbnews.org/us-heat-wave...

Record-Breaking Heat Puts Most of U.S. at Risk Ahead of July FourthFrom Memphis to Newark, Black communities are bracing for dangerous heat that scientists say will become more common.capitalbnews.org

For the first time since the U.S. government began collecting the data, young Black men are dying by suicide at a higher rate than young white men. capitalbnews.org/young-black-...

Young Black Men Are Now Dying by Suicide at a Historic RateFor the first time, the rate is surpassing that of their white peers. It's a generational warning that public health officials have yet to match with resources.capitalbnews.org

NEW: For the Floyds, climate change isn't a flooded street. It is the investors’ photographers and developers at their door, and the N-word spray-painted across the mural facing their home after they refuse to sell. on Black Miami and climate gentrification capitalbnews.org/black-miami-...

As the Sea Rises and Rents Triple, Miami’s Black Neighborhoods Are DisappearingWhat used to be the “wrong side of the tracks” is now the city’s climate escape route, and Black residents are being pushed off the path they built.capitalbnews.org

ONE YEAR AGO, the most destructive tornado in 15 years tore through St. Louis’ Black neighborhoods Today, most blocks still look the same. This is what disaster recovery looks like under Trump when it hits poor Black communities: capitalbnews.org/st-louis-tor...

Trump Weakened FEMA, and a Black St. Louis Neighborhood Is Paying the PriceAfter the most destructive urban tornado in years, a historic Black community is rebuilding largely on its own.capitalbnews.org

NEW: Louisiana has the nation's highest share of residents living in poverty & the nation's highest incarceration rate Now the state wants to subject unhoused people to fines, jail time, or unpaid labor if they are found sleeping outdoors. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-ho...

In America’s Poorest State, Unhoused People May Soon Be JailedUnhoused residents warn a Louisiana bill punishes survival in a state already leading the nation in poverty and incarceration.capitalbnews.org

NEW: Officials said there was no “imminent threat” after an oil explosion. An internal EPA memo said it was a “grave threat to human health.” Residents in Roseland have been living in the gap between those two sentences. I went to hear them out. STORY: capitalbnews.org/roseland-tox...

A ditch in Roseland, Louisiana, seven months after an oil facility exploded here.

In Jan, Black residents in TX reached out to me w/ a new fear: the invasion in Venezuela would lead to an oil disaster in their backyard Their fears became reality. As oil prices spike from the Iran war, this facility refining Venezuela oil exploded capitalbnews.org/port-arthur-...

An Oil Explosion in a Black Texas Town Traces Back to Trump's Iran and Venezuela Crises“The chickens have come home to roost,” one resident said. “Our exact fears have come true.”capitalbnews.org

After publication, the EPA said it “takes all water quality concerns seriously” and that their recent samples showed no coliform or E. coli. The agency says it’s now seeking consent to test inside affected homes but emphasized that sampling has "consistently met state standards."

NEW: Imagine your water runs brown, smells like poop, your yard floods with sewage every time it rains — and the government still says your water “meets standards” That’s life in Cahokia Heights, a Black town where Congress just cut infrastructure funding capitalbnews.org/cahokia-heig...

This Black Town Has E. Coli in Its Drinking Water, but Feds Just Cut SupportCahokia Heights, ​a Black Illinois community, was already drowning in sewage. Now it faces the loss of crucial federal repair money.capitalbnews.org

NEW investigation: Georgia families are being outbid by Wall Street for starter homes. Lawmakers promised to help. Instead, key bills keep dying. One reason why? We found that nearly 40% of Georgia state lawmakers are invested in the real estate industry capitalbnews.org/georgia-lawm...

Georgia Lawmakers With Real Estate Ties Are Writing the State’s Housing LawsAs corporate investors snap up Atlanta homes and drive up prices, nearly two-fifths of state legislators meant to regulate them are personally invested in the state’s housing market.capitalbnews.org

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...

Insurance Crisis Leaves Black Homeowners One Disaster Away From HomelessnessFrom Altadena to Alabama, Black families learn the real catastrophe starts after the disaster, when insurers decide who is worth saving.capitalbnews.org

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...

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

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-...

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

🚨 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/...

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 PollutionJoin 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”.www.beyondplastics.org

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-...

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

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. capitalbnews.org/trump-venezu...

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

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...

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