Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Capital B is talking to newsmakers across the country who want to reshape American politics or galvanize Black voices in government. Our “Voices of Change” series will update periodically with insights from the candidates, activists, lawmakers, and political insiders whom you should know. Voting apathy is real for America’s youngest […]
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Officials Withheld Funds Over an Abortion Ban. Black Louisianans Are Most At Risk.
Sitting in the Louisiana Senate chambers last week, Democratic Sen. Jimmy Harris received a text alert: A brewing storm heading toward his New Orleans district had prompted a flood advisory. Moments later, the state’s all-male bond commission voted 7-6 to temporarily block a $39 million loan that New Orleans planned to use for a power […]
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Meet Maxwell Frost. He May Be the First Member of Gen Z in Congress.
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Capital B is talking to newsmakers across the country who want to reshape American politics or galvanize Black voices in government. Our “Voices of Change” series will update periodically with insights from the candidates, activists, lawmakers, and political insiders whom you should know. Progressive activist Maxwell Alejandro Frost wants to […]
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The Wrap Up: How The Last Round of U.S. Supreme Court Decisions Affect Black People
The U.S. Supreme Court’s most momentous session in recent history ended June 30, leaving many Americans — particularly Black and brown people — in a state of shock and dismay. The panel of nine justices handed down life-altering rulings that transformed the landscape on reproductive rights, restricted government action on climate change and limited recourse […]
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Highlights from ‘Capital B Fest: Day 1’
Black Mayors, Black Cities In our opening conversation, Capital B Politics Reporter Chauncey Alcorn spoke with khalid kamau, mayor of South Fulton, Georgia, and Randall Woodfin, mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. In this panel discussion, kamau and Woodfin spoke about the challenges Black mayors face, and the importance of growing Black businesses and homeownership in their […]
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Democracy in America Is a Rigged Game
This story is part of a special Juneteenth project with Vox which explores the ongoing struggle for freedom for Black Americans. For six years, at the height of Southern leaders’ massive resistance to desegregation, Derrick Bell held one of the most harrowing jobs in the legal profession. From 1960 to 1966, as an attorney with […]
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Meet the 24-Year-Old Climate Activist Trying to Shake up Los Angeles Politics
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Capital B is talking to newsmakers across the country who want to reshape American politics or galvanize Black voices in government. Our “Voices of Change” series will update periodically with insights from the candidates, activists, lawmakers, and political insiders whom you should know. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Bryant Odega wanted […]
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California’s Only Black District Attorney Promised to ‘Shake Up This Office.’ Now Her Deputy Is Running Against Her.
Ahead of the 2022 midterms, Capital B is talking to newsmakers from across the country who want to reshape American politics or galvanize Black voices in government. Our “Voices of Change” series will update periodically with insights from the candidates, activists, lawmakers, and political insiders who you should know. As the only Black elected chief […]
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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 […]
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‘Nobody’s Going to Steal That Joy’: Cory Booker’s Full Speech to Ketanji Brown Jackson, Annotated
When Black women break barriers, the reaction is often predictable. Detractors find various ways to say she doesn’t belong: She’s unqualified, she’s radical, she’s a beneficiary of affirmative action. That playbook was on display in the U.S. Capitol this week as Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be nominated to the U.S. Supreme […]