Halloween shoppers were treated to a spooky surprise when Target posted a minstrel-style costume that immediately sparked online outrage. The costume controversy kicked off when shoppers saw on Target’s website a circus clown costume, with gloves, a top hat, and a mask with a grinning mouth with oversized teeth. The image, which appeared to be […]
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Posted inEconomic Development, Environmental Justice, Politics & Policy
A Black DeKalb Community Fought a Massive Data Center for Nearly a Year and Won
Jackie Malcom lives less than a quarter mile from where a 2 million square foot data center project was going to be built in Ellenwood, Georgia, a majority-Black community in DeKalb County. Malcom, 62, opposed the project because she and her neighbors are already dealing with poor air quality as pollution from surrounding industry, including […]
Posted inHousing, Politics & Policy
New Housing Law Won’t Bring Quick Relief to Black Atlantans, Advocates Say
Black renters and homebuyers struggling with high housing costs in Atlanta shouldn’t expect immediate relief from a new federal housing bill that became law over the weekend. The measure, known as the 21st Century ROAD To Housing Act, took effect at midnight Saturday. It includes provisions that incentivize additional home construction, which supporters expect will […]
Posted inCommunity, Economy, Politics & Policy
As SNAP Shrinks, Atlanta Food Banks Face Record Demand
High gas prices, rising grocery costs, and changes in government assistance programs have prompted local Atlanta food banks and nonprofits to sound an alarm as hundreds of thousands of families need food assistance this summer. In 2020, the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the largest food bank in the metro area, served around 170,000 people per […]
Posted inHealth, Housing
Georgia Family Says Raw Sewage Left Them Sick and Facing Eviction
The putrid smell of human waste has permeated Tatyana Boykin’s trailer home for months, forcing her, her sister, their disabled mother and brother, to spend most of the year living out of their car. The family has photographs of a disconnected pipe beneath their three-bedroom trailer at Hunter Ridge Mobile Home Park that they say […]
Posted inEconomy, Politics & Policy
Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Fire Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve Board
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday blocked President Trump’s bid to fire Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors, leaving her job secure for now. A distinguished economist, the Georgia native and Spelman College grad is the first Black woman to sit on the Fed’s board. She also held roles in the Clinton, […]
Posted inBlack Businesses, Politics & Policy, Transportation
Warnock Says Trump-Era Rollbacks Are Hurting Black Businesses in Georgia
A coalition of U.S. senators, including Georgia’s Raphael Warnock, is challenging the U.S. Department of Transportation to restore a minority business government contract program that has helped Black entrepreneurs in metro Atlanta secure lucrative deals with the federal government. Warnock was one of several senators who sent a letter Monday to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy […]
Posted inHealth, Housing, Jobs, LGBTQ
Where Black LGBTQ Atlantans Can Find HIV Care and Support
As Atlanta celebrates Pride month, it’s also a moment for raising awareness and providing support as Black LGBTQ residents remain a vulnerable population to a persistent public health crisis. In 2023, the South had the highest rate of HIV diagnoses out of all U.S. regions, and Black Americans had the highest rate out of all […]
Posted inHousing
Eviction-Plagued Trailer Park Investigated by Clayton County Officials
Maintenance workers haven’t finished patching the huge hole in Ana Ivory’s ceiling yet, but the married mother of four said they’ve been in and out of her family’s trailer park home almost daily since a picture of the problem was featured in a Capital B Atlanta story in April. Ivory, 45, said previously that management […]
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Trailer Park Tenants Accuse Owner of Evictions Scam and Abuse
Ciara Daniel thought someone was breaking into her family’s home when her 12-year-old son, Charles, woke her up in a panic. “He woke up screaming, holding his ears, shaking his head,” the single mother of two recalled when Capital B Atlanta visited her three-bedroom trailer at the Hunter Ridge Mobile Home Park in Irondale. In reality, […]
