Young Black men are now dying by suicide at a historic rate
New CDC data shows that young Black men are now dying by suicide at higher rates than their white peers, for the first time on record.
Author: Adam Mahoney, Capital B
Toxic chemicals spread even as officials told Black residents of Roseland that they were safe
Newly released tests and documents in the Louisiana town contradict government reassurances and are fueling protest.
Black residents win key ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ environmental racism case
Lawyers for residents say that zoning that concentrates pollution in Black districts is a violation of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery.
Louisiana town fights for relief after billion-dollar oil disaster
Federal and state officials have sued the company behind the blast, but Roseland, Louisiana, residents say the case won’t bring relief to their town.
