The State of Black Maternal Health In our opening conversation, Stacey D. Stewart, president and CEO of March of Dimes, U.S. Rep. Alma Adams of North Carolina, and Tonya Lewis Lee, co-producer and co-director of the documentary Aftershock, discussed the current state of Black maternal health care and outcomes for Black women — which have […]
Gillian White
Gillian White is the senior vice president of revenue and programming at Capital B. Twitter @gillianbwhite
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Capital B Live: Highlights from “The Firsts”
Race for Governor In the more than 245 years of America’s history, a Black woman has never held the position of governor in any state. This year, women across the country are trying to change that. Capital B’s state and local politics reporter, Chauncey Alcorn, sat down with Deidre DeJear, gubernatorial candidate in Iowa, and […]
Posted inCriminal Justice, Policing
The Reading List: Black Lives Matter and Policing in America
Ten years ago, in February 2012, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman while walking home in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman’s subsequent acquittal sparked outrage, protests, and catalyzed the Black Lives Matter movement. BLM was founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi, who describe the organization and its work as “an ideological and […]
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The Reading List: The Policy Discussions Black Americans Should Be Following
In that past decade or so, Black Americans have been particularly hard hit. There was the massive recession that hiked unemployment and decimated homeownership and personal finances—ruining the economic safety of Black people in particular. Then a rise in white nationalism during the Trump presidency. A seemingly never ending wave of police shootings of Black […]
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All About Gillian White, Chief Revenue Officer
What I do at Capital B I’m the chief revenue officer at Capital B. That means I’m responsible for building a sustainable business to support our work and developing platforms that help us showcase our journalism and connect with our audience. Doing this job as a journalist is supremely cool because I get to live […]