<figure><img alt="A photo of Ryan Coogler and Clarksdale, Mississippi, locals standing in front of the old Paramount Theater." class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="768" src="https://i0.wp.com/capitalbnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/DSF8345_resized-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1" width="1024" /></figure> <p>When Tyler Yarbrough penned an open letter inviting the Sinners film cast and crew to the birthplace of the blues, he sensed that something magical or culturally significant would unfold. However, he didn’t anticipate that, nine months later, people would still feel inspired to contribute to their movement to reinvigorate the culture and heritage of [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://capitalbnews.org/fear-of-god-sinners-merch-clarksdale/">How ‘Sinners’ Keeps Supporting Clarksdale, the Community That Inspired The Film</a> appeared first on <a href="https://capitalbnews.org">Capital B News</a>.</p>

<figure><img alt="" class="attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image" height="683" src="https://i0.wp.com/capitalbnews.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GettyImages-2257637203-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1" width="1024" /></figure> <p>The storm came, and just as Monica Coleman predicted, it hit places least equipped to handle it. On Monday morning, she was one of roughly 1 million Americans without power because of Winter Storm Fern. Officials in Lafayette County, Mississippi, where she lives, are warning residents that they could be without power for multiple days. [&#8230;]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://capitalbnews.org/winter-storm-fern-mississippi-power-outages/">For Rural Black Communities, Winter Storm Fern Hits Where Recovery Never Finished</a> appeared first on <a href="https://capitalbnews.org">Capital B News</a>.</p>

The fallout from a protest at a Minnesota church against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown continues as two Black women were arrested along with a man who goes by the username “DaWokeFarmer” on social media. On Thursday, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the arrests of Nekima Levy Armstrong, Chauntyll Louisa Allen, and William Kelly […] The post Trump Administration Targets Black Church Protesters Over ICE Demonstration appeared first on Capital B News.

For millions in the South, an impending storm could become unforgettable.​ “I can’t stop watching the forecasts,” said Shemekia Stringer, speaking by phone Thursday afternoon as she moved through near-empty aisles at a Walmart in Southaven, Mississippi, just outside of Memphis, Tennessee. “I’m trying to make sure we’re fully prepared. In my area, the map […] The post A Storm Is Coming for the South’s Most Vulnerable Black Communities appeared first on Capital B News.

Check out Capital B’s Beyond ‘Sinners’: The Stories of Clarksdale, Mississippi, a yearlong project highlighting Black residents reclaiming power and ownership in an area where Blues tourism and development have long excluded them. A decade after the #OscarsSoWhite movement, a Black director’s film has gotten the most nominations ever in the Academy Award’s nearly 100-year […] The post A Black Film Just Made Oscars History With a Record 16 Nominations appeared first on Capital B News.

Originally published by KFF Health News. Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting friends. It was a contrast to how Cole, 18, spent part of the 2024 holiday season. She was in the hospital — a frequent occurrence with sickle cell disease, a […] The post Medicaid Tries New Approach With Sickle Cell appeared first on Capital B News.

In a win for Gullah Geechee residents on Georgia’s sea islands, voters this week rejected an ordinance that doubled the allowed square footage for homes in Sapelo Island’s Hog Hammock district. Many Black residents feared the change would lead to higher property taxes, gentrification, and displacement. Unofficial results on Tuesday showed 19% of 10,000 registered […] The post Sapelo Island’s Gullah Geechee Community Fights Back and Wins appeared first on Capital B News.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in Trump v. Cook — a case some say crystallizes President Donald Trump’s ongoing tension with Black women leaders. Fueling the case is Trump’s effort to break with more than a century of law and fire Lisa Cook, the first Black woman to sit on the Federal […] The post Lisa Cook Case Tests Presidential Power and Black Women’s Resolve appeared first on Capital B News.

Marilyn Mosby won’t get a do-over in her perjury and mortgage fraud case. A federal appeals court has denied a request to rehear the former Baltimore state’s attorney’s appeal. The U.S. Attorney’s Office and Mosby’s attorneys had asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to take up the case. Yet, no judges […] The post Federal Court Declines to Rehear Marilyn Mosby’s Perjury and Mortgage Fraud Case appeared first on Capital B News.

On the morning of Jan. 10, when the federal government said it would stop prioritizing how many lives are saved by cutting air pollution, Sonya Sanders flashed back seven years to when a fossil fuel facility near her South Philadelphia home exploded. The 2019 blast rattled windows across the city and could have killed thousands […] The post Trump Rollbacks Put Children’s Health at Risk as Pollution Increases appeared first on Capital B News.

This story was originally reported by Ebony JJ Curry of The 19th. Meet Ebony and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. Detroit was the first place Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered an early version of what would become his “I Have a Dream” speech. He recited it on June 23, […] The post Detroit Heard King’s Dream First. These Black Women are Carrying It Forward. appeared first on Capital B News.

“America is a bully that is never satisfied,” Oliver Barker-Vormawor said from Ghana. The Trump administration’s new freeze on immigrant visas from 75 nations is the latest example, he added. African nations make up a striking share of the 75 countries swept into the Trump administration’s new freeze on immigrant visas, a move officials say […] The post Ghana Helped U.S. Deport Migrants, and Now Its Own Citizens Are Shut Out appeared first on Capital B News.

Minneapolis entered January with unusually mild weather and a sense of calm, but that was shattered two days later when a federal immigration officer shot and killed Renee Nicole Good. Less than 24 hours later, a man and woman in Portland, Oregon, were shot and wounded by Customs and Border Protection agents. As immigration crackdowns […] The post ICE Shooting After Takeover of Minneapolis Renews Debate on Qualified Immunity appeared first on Capital B News.

Greg Gipson walked out of a federal appeals court in Louisiana last week feeling a bit more hopeful about a case that was dismissed in Mississippi over his historic neighborhood’s designation. Gipson and other residents drove 93 miles from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, to New Orleans to persuade a panel of federal judges to reconsider whether their […] The post Mississippi Residents Say City Quietly Marked Their Homes for Takeover appeared first on Capital B News.

Stevie Wonder’s new album, Hotter Than July, had been burning up the charts for months by Jan. 15, 1981. But something bigger than music was on the artist’s mind that day. Along with other Black cultural giants, the 30-year-old was leading a rally of approximately 100,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Years […] The post Stevie Wonder’s Battle for MLK Day and the New Challenges to King’s Legacy appeared first on Capital B News.

This article was produced as a project for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s National Fellowship Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism and the Fund for Reporting on Child Well-being. HOUSTON — By the third trimester of an already difficult pregnancy, Moriah Ballard faced two new complications: relentless headaches and dizziness. Over the […] The post This Texas County Is the Deadliest Place in the U.S. for Black Mothers to Give Birth appeared first on Capital B News.

Nearly 10 months before Rosa Parks’s famous act of defiance, a 15-year-old Black girl named Claudette Colvin had already refused to surrender her seat on a segregated bus on March 2, 1955. Even as the police arrived, the high school student refused to move, holding her ground. “History had me glued to the seat,” Colvin […] The post Claudette Colvin, Whose Defiance Helped End Bus Segregation, Dies at 86 appeared first on Capital B News.

Kevin E. James, president of Morris Brown College, was fired by the school’s board of trustees on Monday in a move that James described as “deeply concerning.” “Dr. James has played a meaningful role in guiding the institution through critical seasons of growth, resilience, and transformation,” the college said in a statement Monday. The former […] The post Morris Brown Removes President Who Helped Rebuild College After Crisis appeared first on Capital B News.

Photos by Grace Mahoney This story was published in partnership with High Country News. Altadena used to disappear under the trees. Adonis Jones’ neighborhood was once defined by thick oaks and pines, their canopy guarding winding trails where Black cowboys rode, shaping his childhood memories. Now, standing on the bare site of his future master […] The post As Altadena’s Trees Fell, So Did the Roots of a Black LA Neighborhood appeared first on Capital B News.

Interviews in Spanish were conducted and transcribed by Annika Hom. ​The first blast rattled Christian Pich Ortiz’s bedroom before sunrise, sending his mother and siblings into tears as detonations boomed over their community in Miranda, a state along Venezuela’s central coast. To protect themselves, they dragged their mattresses off the beds and hid beneath them. […] The post Why Afro-Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Venezuela appeared first on Capital B News.

A former nurse in a neonatal intensive care unit in a Virginia hospital is expected to plead guilty to child abuse charges this week, according to her attorneys. Erin Strotman was charged last year in connection to mysterious injuries that appeared on newborns dating back several years, officials said. Multiple investigations were launched into how […] The post Nurse Accused of Harming NICU Babies Expected to Plead Guilty appeared first on Capital B News.

Jacob Davis suspected that nothing positive would come from the Trump administration’s announcement on Tuesday that it had deployed some 2,000 federal agents to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota. One day later, Renee Nicole Good was dead. The mother of three was in her car when a U.S. Immigration and […] The post Calls for Justice Grow After ICE Shooting of Minneapolis Mom appeared first on Capital B News.

Black-owned bookstores are popping up around the country, offering spaces and access to books that may not be on the shelves at chain bookstores. Larger corporations like Amazon and Target sometimes sell books at a lower price compared to independent Black bookstores. Five bookstore owners told Capital B their stores provide community, something large corporations […] The post Where to Find Black-Owned Bookstores Across the U.S. appeared first on Capital B News.

BROOKLYN, New York — In a neighborhood just miles from where his father was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer nine years ago, Zaiden Small sat on a couch, kicking and dangling his feet as he listened to stories about a man he never knew. He was a protector, a provider, and a […] The post Delrawn Small’s Family Still Seeks Accountability 9 Years After NYPD Killing appeared first on Capital B News.

This story was originally published by MLK50: Justice Through Journalism. Subscribe to their newsletter here. Keyana Dixon agreed to meet on her day off. It was a warm yet cloudy and rainy Monday morning – Dixon’s favorite type of weather. The rain recharges her, she said. The conditions seemed ideal for the heavy conversation ahead: discussing what […] The post A Sister’s Love and Grief: Keyana Dixon Opens Up About the Death of Her Brother, Tyré Nichols appeared first on Capital B News.