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LATEST NEWS FROM THE NETWORK
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Millions May Lose Internet Benefits if Lawmakers Don’t Act
April 03, 2024
The Affordable Connectivity Program provided up to $30 discounts on internet service for low-income households.
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Rural America Has an Eviction Crisis, Too
March 14, 2024
New research using a national database found that Black rural households have eviction rates four times higher than white households.
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How Black Rural Americans Navigate Internet Issues
December 20, 2023
Black rural Americans use community resources to stream funerals and order groceries due to the digital divide.
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How Black Farmers Are Navigating Climate Change With Limited Federal Support
September 13, 2023
Some have received equipment and funding from the USDA. Many who have not are frustrated by the process.
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Why Saving This Stop on the Underground Railroad Is an Act of Climate Justice
August 16, 2023
Facing climate change threats, Paulette Green and Donna Dear are striving to maintain Harriet Tubman’s Maryland farm.
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Biden’s EPA Has Resolved Only One Civil Rights Complaint Brought Since 2021
August 01, 2023
A Capital B analysis shows that the administration has yet to make large strides in improving the division.
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A Black Man Was Elected Mayor in Rural Alabama, but the White Town Leaders Won’t Let Him Serve
July 19, 2023
For three years, Patrick Braxton says he has experienced harassment and intimidation after becoming the first Black mayor in Newbern, Alabama.
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Black Farmers Are Tired of Waiting for the USDA to Level the Playing Field
July 06, 2023
Congress created the Advisory Committee on Minority Farmers to advise the agency on equity — but not much has changed 15 years later.
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Texas’ College DEI Ban Is the Latest to ‘Turn Back the Clock on Racial Equality’
June 23, 2023
The movement is part of a broader attempt to thwart diversity efforts in higher education.
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These Georgia Communities Are Facing Lawsuits for Stopping Dollar General Stores
June 20, 2023
Georgia officials in Monroe and Newton counties denied developers the chance to build new dollar stores in Black communities.
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Alabama Discriminated Against Black Residents, Feds Confirm
May 16, 2023
The investigation has led to an agreement to finally improve wastewater infrastructure in a rural county, where sewage woes have created a health crisis.
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Black Communities Overburdened by Power Plant Pollution May See Relief
May 12, 2023
The rule would require most fossil fuel power plants to slash their greenhouse gas pollution by 90% by 2040 — or shut down.
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Black Farmers Looked to Cash In on the CBD Industry. Now, Hemp Is in Decline.
May 08, 2023
While industrial hemp production has tumbled, experts are hopeful the market will improve.
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Tennessee Wants to Take Land from Black Residents So a Ford Plant Can Benefit
April 20, 2023
Landowners say they’re being lowballed by the state Department of Transportation, which plans to use eminent domain to acquire 31 tracts.
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What’s Missing From the ‘Abortion Pill’ Conversation
April 12, 2023
In the South, where access to comprehensive reproductive health care is already limited in some states, experts worry about what limiting medication abortion can mean for Black, rural communities who face long travel distances to maternal health care.
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