When Oklahoma City residents were asked how to revive two buildings that once served Black residents, they weren’t short on ideas. They asked if the former home of a Black entrepreneur became a ...

Playing spades under the smooth, lifting flow of old-school R&B, the air thick with the warm embrace of soul food’s aroma, feels like the perfect low-key New Year’s Eve. Yet it’s more than just a ...

After a long battle with their landlord, several former residents of Fairburn & Gordon said they have found better housing and are glad they took a stand.

Writer and scholar Alexis Pauline Gumbs makes greens almost every day: chard, kale and — this time of the year — heaping pots of vegan collard greens. Gumbs, author of the recent Audre Lorde biography ...

Few people know that a Black inventor named Lewis Latimer worked with Thomas Edison and played a role in improving the light ...

Cowpea is the common name for the legumes known to botanists by the scientific name Vigna unguiculata. But they’re also ...

As 2024 comes to a close, Capital B is reflecting on some of the stories that resonated most with readers and our staff. These stories published this year highlight the brilliance, strength, and ...

In under a month, the agency announced results of 4 pattern or practice investigations into police departments across the U.S.

Paez Terán’s parents say they have been denied answers about the circumstances surrounding their child’s death ...

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