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Despite Climate Concerns, Young Voter Turnout Slumped and Its Support Split Between the Parties

November 8, 2024

Angela Alsobrooks Declared Winner of Maryland Senate Race; First Black Woman to Represent the State

November 6, 2024

Big Freedia, Mia X, And Lil Scrappy Rally Young Voters With A Political Cypher, Amplifying Black Voices In The 2024 Election

November 5, 2024

Courting the Climate Vote in Pennsylvania

November 2, 2024

Viola Davis makes a Pittsburgh stop for Black and brown men voter summit

October 31, 2024

Hip hop, celebrity and courting Black voters in Pennsylvania

October 31, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Launches Star-Studded Political Cypher to Rally Voters

October 31, 2024

Lil Scrappy, Mia X, Big Freedia & More Team Up For The ‘Respect My Vote Cypher’

October 31, 2024

Lil Scrappy, Big Freedia, Mia X, Cookie, and more artists partner with Hip Hop Caucus for a Political Rap Cypher

October 30, 2024

‘We want a country that needs healing’: Hip Hop Caucus CEO and founder

October 28, 2024

Justice for All: Road-Tested Strategies for Building a Bigger Movement

October 27, 2024

“Party at the Polls” in Dallas encourages voter turnout

October 26, 2024

Black women are leading the fight against polluters in Louisiana — and they’re winning

October 9, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Fuses Music and Politics To Intrigue New Black Voters

October 9, 2024

“Underwater Projects” Premiere – NYC Climate Week

October 6, 2024

Be A Voice with Wisconsin Voices: The Big Vote, Ray Nitti, Chris Walton, Jasmine Tyler

October 1, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus “Underwater Projects” Premiere — Art, Activism, and Climate Wake-Up Call — Movie Review

October 1, 2024

Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit: Fast-Tracking Climate Crisis Solutions

September 30, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Premieres UNDERWATER PROJECTS at Climate Week NY

September 30, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Premieres ‘Underwater Projects’ in NYC — Sounding the Climate Crisis Alarm in Black Communities in Virginia

September 28, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Unveils ‘Underwater Projects’ Film During ‘Climate Week NYC’

September 26, 2024

Will Young Voters’ Initial Excitement for Harris Build Enough Momentum to Get Them to the Polls?

September 25, 2024

“Underwater Projects” Premiere – Climate Week NYC

September 25, 2024

Art, Activism, and Hip Hop Unite: Highlights from the Underwater Projects Premiere Narrated by Wanda Sykes

September 25, 2024

The Inaugural Forbes Sustainability Leaders List

September 23, 2024

2024 Hip Hop Caucus RESPECT MY VOTE! Campaign Targets Voters of Color

September 20, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Rallies Black Voters With “Respect My Vote!” Campaign Ahead of Crucial 2024 Election

September 20, 2024

Congressional Black Caucus Is Important: Why Hip-Hop Should Care

September 17, 2024

Readers React: LNG terminal treats neighbors as a sacrifice zone

September 17, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Returns to Howard for 20th Anniversary Town Hall and Block Party

September 16, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Town Hall and Respect My Vote! Campaign at Howard

September 10, 2024

Antonique Smith and Rev Yearwood Launch Nonprofit to Mobilize Black Communities on Climate Vote

September 9, 2024

Music venues become a proving ground for reusable packaging

September 6, 2024

Katrina Annual Second Line Review

September 5, 2024

Second line march honors Katrina victims in Lower Ninth Ward

August 31, 2024

Photos: Hurricane Katrina remembered with healing, march, rally

August 31, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus Reveals Inaugural ‘Artivist Class of 2024’

August 30, 2024

Should Katrina’s anniversary be a state holiday? These local leaders think so

August 30, 2024

City, state leaders push to honor Hurricane Katrina as a Louisiana holiday

August 29, 2024

New Orleans officials want to make Hurricane Katrina anniversary an official holiday

August 29, 2024

5 coping tips for Hurricane Katrina’s anniversary

August 29, 2024

Wanted: Lawyers to help with this year’s election

August 26, 2024

19th Annual Hurricane Katrina March and Second Line

August 26, 2024

In His Own Words: Hip Hop Caucus President Says “This Is Our Lunch Counter Moment.”

August 25, 2024

Beyond The Main Stage: From Church Pews to Museum Halls, Black Spaces and Culture Shine at the DNC

August 23, 2024

Now Playing Aug. 23-29: Environmental Justice and Zoe Kravitz

August 23, 2024

Formosa Plastics returns to fight again

August 19, 2024

A More Perfect Union with Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey

August 7, 2024

Music Votes coalition reveals first wave of industry partners

July 30, 2024

Music Votes Coalition Announces First Wave of Partners & Details For Webinar

July 29, 2024

Rockin’ The Vote Even More: Music Industry Prepares For Election Day With Launch Of Music Votes Coalition

July 17, 2024

Yearwood: BIPOC Voices in Climate Activism

July 12, 2024

New climate initiatives from Big Freedia, the Hip Hop Caucus and New Orleans youth

July 8, 2024

Dawn Richard at Essence Fest

July 5, 2024

[Opinion] The paradox of public health solutions that worsen climate change

July 3, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus, Beyond Petrochemicals Bring Culture To Climate Movement Through Free Community-Building Event in New Orleans

June 27, 2024

Essence Festival on July 4, and more area community news

June 27, 2024
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Reverend Lennox Yearwood, Jr. discusses the need for liberation at the DC Environmental Film Festival

June 26, 2024

“Nola Green: So Fresh, Seaux Clean,” A Culture, Climate & Community Event

June 25, 2024

When The Movement is Strong, The Music is Strong feat. Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.

June 14, 2024

Music Industry Voting Initiative ‘Music Votes’ Launches

June 12, 2024

Howard Announces Season Two of University Podcast ‘HU2U’

June 12, 2024

Music Industry Nonprofits Launch Voting Initiative Aimed at Increasing 2024 Election Turnout

June 11, 2024

Music Votes: First-ever Industry-wise Voter Engagement Coalition Is Launched!

June 11, 2024

Music and the Movement

June 8, 2024

‘Time to Go for the Jugular’: Climate Movement Has New Plan to Destroy Big Oil

June 3, 2024

Black and Brown Voices Must Shape the 2024 Green Agenda

June 1, 2024

Collective Climate Action: Inspired Organizing for our Future

May 24, 2024

How police killings are kept hidden: “We don’t know how many George Floyd’s there are”

May 23, 2024

Banking Black and Green Campaign Strengthening the Economic Power of Frontline Communities of Color

May 20, 2024

Hundreds Rally at Capitol with Beyond Plastics to Reduce Waste

May 14, 2024

Unpaved: Greening the Urban Jungle with Dr. Manuel Pastor and Sissy Trinh | The Coolest Show

May 7, 2024

‘Hip Hop and the White House’ is a study in symbolic victory

May 2, 2024

Homegrown singer uses her fame to fight for environmental justice

April 30, 2024

Environmental Forum: Sharing Our Stories

April 30, 2024

Qualified immunity: A Necessity or a Tool that Exploits Race and Class?

April 29, 2024

Environmental Justice, Financial Literacy, and US-Africa Business

April 26, 2024

EPA limits 4 types of power plant pollution with sweeping rulemaking

April 25, 2024

Hip Hop Heroes: Battling Climate Injustice

April 23, 2024

OP-ED: On Earth Day, let’s prepare for the next climate battle

April 22, 2024

The Power of Black and Indigenous Voices This Earth Day and Beyond

April 19, 2024

Black-led Organizations, From Outdoor Afro to Justice Outside, Are Fighting for Environmental Justice

April 18, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus live with The Nikki Rich Show at NAACP Image Awards

April 16, 2024

Sold Out Screenings and Special Guests Mark a Successful Return for DC Environmental Film Festival

April 16, 2024

Marginalized Communities Need Big Environmental Wins

April 12, 2024

Q&A Session with Rev Yearwood on KXAN-CW

April 1, 2024

EPA Issues Final Standards on Heavy-duty Truck Emissions

March 31, 2024

Final trucking rule gives industry more time to go electric

March 29, 2024

EPA Sets Tough Standards on Climate Pollution From Heavy Trucks

March 29, 2024

EVs Could Meet Biden Climate Goals—Just Not Chinese Ones

March 29, 2024

Opening Night Eco-Documentaries Set the Pace for Film Festival

March 23, 2024

Senator Markey, Reverend Yearwood of Hip Hop Caucus Talk Green New Deal Movement on Latest Episode of “The Ed Markey Podcast”

March 22, 2024

“Environmental Film Festival Begins today in DC”

March 21, 2024

5 Films to See at the DC Environmental Film Festival (That Aren’t Sold Out)

March 18, 2024

DCEFF 2024 Lineup: From Otter Love Stories to Environmental Justice Battles

March 18, 2024

DC Environmental Fest Returns in a Crucial Year

March 17, 2024

Full list of NAACP Image Awards nominations as Oprah Winfrey’s The Color Purple nabs 16 nods

March 16, 2024

Hip Hop Caucus hosts ‘Candid with Climate’

March 2, 2024

A Word … With Jason Johnson Podcast: Green Black Power

March 1, 2024

Democrats Launch Congressional Hip-Hop Task Force With Aid Of Black Music Action Coalition

February 15, 2024

Social Justice Now Film Festival Announces 2024 Lineup

February 12, 2024

55th NAACP Image Awards nominees unveiled

February 9, 2024

The Light of Dawn Richard: Part 2

February 8, 2024

Using Hip-Hop to Ignite Political Change

February 1, 2024

Usher, Ayo Edebiri, Colman Domingo, Victoria Monét Dominate 2024 NAACP Image Award Nominations

January 25, 2024

Netflix and Amazon Lead Nominee List for the ’55th NAACP Image Awards’

January 25, 2024

Environmental Justice From a Place of Faith: Christian Leaders Reflect

January 14, 2024

Year in Climate: 2023

December 19, 2023

Progress on Diversity in the Green Workforce May Be Stalling, Annual Report Shows

December 15, 2023

U.N. Climate Conference Closes; D.C. Ramps Up Carbon-Free Vision

December 13, 2023

COP28 Interviews – Hip Hop Caucus: JaRel Clay

December 7, 2023

Dear Culture with Panama Jackson: The Best of Blackfessions

December 3, 2023

COP28, Day 2: The demand for “phase-out” is growing

December 1, 2023

WATCH: ExxonMobil’s Third Quarter Profits Higher Than 41 Countries’ GDP

November 22, 2023

Hip Hop Caucus fights to end Louisiana’s environmental injustices

November 21, 2023

Racial Justice Leaders Call Out Corporations For Reneging On Racial Equity Promises

November 12, 2023

Putting It All on the Line with Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr. and Jacqueline Patterson

November 10, 2023

Dawn Richard Says She Is Providing ‘Proof’ That Black Animators Exist

November 9, 2023

The fight against Big Oil has a new target, and it’s leaving the home front

October 17, 2023

‘Fight is what killed him’: Medical expert testifies Tacoma police killed Manuel Ellis

October 16, 2023

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