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A political science major with a minor in dance performance and choreography, Jillian Collier is embracing her title with a plan for change. Her experience at the historic women’s HBCU has been defined by a feeling of sisterhood, wh...

NEW IBERIA, Louisiana — On a humid September afternoon, wedged between high stalks of sugarcane and old tractors, Jamie Davis felt right at home.

He had traveled 170 miles from Waterproof, Louisiana, a 91% Black town that’s home to 576 people, to New Iberia, a bigger city, on another Black-owned farm. There, Davis and a group of dedicated voluntee...

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Accusations of sexual misconduct by a prominent Morehou...

Tennessee state Sen. Charlane Oliver grew angry when she learned about the raid this month on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home in Washington, D.C.

This was another example of “the misogyny, the gender dynamics that are at play right now,” she told Capital B. They’re dynamics that she also has had to grapple with recently.

On May 7, she stood on top of her desk...

For Elijah Lee, protecting the environment has always been about what’s happening close to home.

He grew up in a predominantly Black, low-income community in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, and went to school next to a paper mill that filled the air with pollution. He always wondered why it seemed like the only employment option for people in town.

Now, ...