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Mission: Capital B’s journalism is rooted in people. This means that we center our election coverage around how political issues and policy decisions affect Black people in America. Too often, mainstream newsrooms gloss over or ignore what issues matter to Black communities, where there’s often the most to lose or gain when it comes to […] The post How We’re Covering the 2024 Election appeared first on Capital B News.
LAWRENCE — Former NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund president Sherilyn Ifill said the nation should celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the U.S. Supreme Court as overdue recognition of the necessity to end legal apartheid in the United States. Ifill, speaking to a diverse audience Friday at […] The post Civil rights attorney: Legal action to ‘hollow out’ Brown v. Board moves at deliberate speed appeared first on Kansas Reflector.
The Nebraska Legislature heard a few new voices in its rotunda thanks to a new youth lobby school. The program focuses on teaching students from diverse backgrounds how to advocate for legislation.
From the commentary, our immigration debate "serves to remind us that slavery still casts a long shadow over American politics and that our commitment to an inclusive, multiracial democracy remains fragile at best."
Voters will decide the unresolved question of the civil war: do we move backwards, or forwards toward true democracy?