In the months since Karmelo Anthony’s conviction in the murder of Austin Metcalf, his parents have spoken out against the verdict, details have emerged that weren’t presented in his first trial, and a judge has denied his legal team’s request for a new trial. The Texas case grabbed national attention, while a controversial Texas law […]
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Posted inCourts, Environmental Justice, Politics & Policy
Trump Ordered to Release Billions in Climate Grants Meant for Black Communities
Dominika Parry never stopped fighting for Jackson, Mississippi, residents even after the Trump administration terminated a multibillion-dollar program last year meant to help the Black city still reeling from a water crisis. For years, if water did flow out of Black households’ faucets in Jackson at all, it was often brown. It left elders and […]
Posted inBlack Migration, Housing, Wealth Gap
The Black Suburban Dream is Now Leading to a New Wave of Gentrification
When Caleb Roberts moved from Milwaukee to Texas, he knew the story of Black people in Dallas being pushed out for generations. In Milwaukee, he helped to stop a $1 billion highway project that threatened to gentrify his neighborhood after he had already seen it happen across the country. During the 20th century, across Dallas, […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy, Rural Issues
In the Oldest Town in Texas, Black Farmers Gathered to Secure Their Future
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Jermal Sanders fell in love with farming as a child. When he saw the seeds he planted produce fruit, he began to take farming more seriously. He took agriculture classes in middle school — from gardening to horticulture. As a 26-year-old, he’s building a farm to call his own. On a scorching […]
Posted inCommunity, LGBTQ
Your Guide to Black Pride Celebrations Across the Country This Summer
Every June, two liberation movements share the same month — Pride and Juneteenth. It’s the perfect time to celebrate Black queer joy. Across the country, as the days get hotter and the sounds of summer get louder, from kiki balls to parades to wellness events, there are Black Pride celebrations that go into the fall. […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Black Voters in the South Want Leaders Who Fight but Also Deliver
Farmer Jeremy Peaches spends his days thinking about food: not only how to grow it and where to send it — but also whether people can afford it. The owner of the Fresh Life Organic Produce Co., he manages 25 acres of vegetables for restaurants, food banks, and residents in the largely Black community of […]
Posted inAir Pollution, Environmental Justice, Politics & Policy
An Oil Explosion in a Black Texas Town Traces Back to Trump’s Iran and Venezuela Crises
John Beard takes no pleasure in being right. In January, he told Capital B that he feared U.S. military action in Venezuela, which ultimately gave America preferential access to the South American nation’s vast oil reserves, would lead to disaster in southeast Texas. “The chickens have come home to roost,” Beard said over the phone, […]
Posted inElections, Politics & Policy
For Black Texans, Primary Election Results in High Stakes for November
Texan Algenita Davis headed into her state’s primaries Tuesday with a clear sense of what she wanted the outcome to be. “You want to make sure that you put people in office who are going to make the most difference — who are going to fight,” said Davis, 75, a retiree who lives in the […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Black Texans Head to the Primaries With More Than Just Ballots on the Line
Texan Algenita Davis isn’t just talking about the candidates as she heads into the March 3 primaries. She’s also talking about voting maps. From her home near the Old Spanish Trail and Cullen Boulevard in the Third Ward of Houston, she describes congressional lines that curve and stretch north and south across the city and […]
Posted inPolitics & Policy
Texas Senate Primary Erupts After ‘Mediocre Black Man’ Remark
The Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat in Texas has been jolted by fresh controversy, one that has revived debates over race, power, and perceived political legitimacy in the Lone Star State and beyond. The flare-up began on Sunday. A TikToker posted a video in which she says that Democratic Texas state Rep. James […]
