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Brandon Tensley

@BrandonTensley

Now: National Politics Reporter, @CapitalBNews. Previously: @CNN. Whitney Houston superfan.

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Ira(@iramadisonthree) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Challengers!!!! It’s been a minute since a movie dropped that I will gladly see multiple times with any friend who hasn’t seen it yet

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In this week’s Everything’s Political newsletter, we examine the impact of an impending TikTok ban. Black TikTokers have long feared how a ban might affect not just the bonds they’ve forged via the app but also their financial futures: capitalbnews.org/everythings-po…

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Over the past year, former President Donald Trump has been on something like a revenge tour. But only more recently have Americans gotten a more concrete sense of what, precisely, “revenge” might look like if Trump reenters the White House in 2025: capitalbnews.org/project-2025-b…

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Margo Snipe(@margoasnipe) 's Twitter Profile Photo

honored to be a Livingston award finalist this year for my year-long reporting project that dug into why Georgia’s one of the most dangerous states in which to give birth! such an impressive list of fierce journalists!

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Amanda Becker(@AmandaBecker) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Really thrilled to have my first byline in Capital B, a newsroom I respect so much. Find out how the Squad's Summer Lee won her Pittsburgh-area primary yesterday: capitalbnews.org/the-squads-sum…

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NEW: I traveled to Flint in anticipation of the 10 year anniversary of the start of the water crisis. I door knocked and spoke w/ folks at the library & local coney island spots. They all had the same response: The Flint Water Crisis is far from over.
capitalbnews.org/flint-water-cr…

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'We started Capital B with the bet that Black citizens want news and different perspectives from people who look like them and understand their lived experience' Akoto Ofori-Atta
says,underlines she & Lauren Williams inspired by history of Black press
journalismfestival.com/programme/2024…

'We started @CapitalBNews with the bet that Black citizens want news and different perspectives from people who look like them and understand their lived experience' @akoto_oa says,underlines she & @laurenwilliams inspired by history of Black press #ijf24 journalismfestival.com/programme/2024…
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We’re going on tour! Ahead of the 2024 election, Capital B’s Black Political Power Tour will be visiting key battleground states to provide Black voters the information they need in the lead up to this year’s elections. Learn more now: capitalbnews.org/black-politica…

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Black residents form 36% of Mississippi’s voting-age population — the highest percentage in the country — but nearly 60% of its disenfranchised population. Read our conversation about the future of Black political power in the state. capitalbnews.org/mississippi-bl…

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Duke University announced it is ending a full-ride scholarship program for Black students in the wake of the Supreme Court’s affirmative action ruling

dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

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Before Facebook, there was BlackPlanet—a website that may well have laid the foundation for the social web, Hannah Giorgis writes. Revisiting it can help us envision a different future for the internet: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

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The claim that Black voters are bolting for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party not only feels premature: It also fuels a troubling narrative that lays the blame for a possible second Trump term at Black voters’ door. capitalbnews.org/racial-realign…

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