6+ day, 14+ hour ago  (386+ words) Earth Day usually feels like a hashtag. But in West Virginia, it's becoming something much more real'about who has power, who pays more, and who gets left out. As energy demand rises across the country, a bigger question is coming…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (481+ words) By: Chamear Davis | BBG agri CULTURE Fellow "I have to talk to you all about the time I got to spend with my marketing genius, powerhouse Aun TEA, Farmer Cee. I had the pleasure of meeting Clarinda Stanley a couple…...

4+ week, 6+ hour ago  (897+ words) From Brea Baker's Rooted to Wick'd Confections is the road to Bricktop's story'one rooted in Black land and Black enterprise. "Route 9 in West Virginia is a Black road. I know this from Brea Baker's Rooted: The American Legacy of Land…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1223+ words) By Matthew Young | Charleston Gazette-Mail This article was originally published by Charleston Gazette-Mail, a major, independent, award-winning news service based in Charleston. The U. S. Department of Agriculture last week pulled the plug on a $300 million national grant program intended to improve…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago  (972+ words) Earth Day began as a call to awareness. In Black Appalachia, it must now become a call to transformation. Each year, April 22 invites us to reflect on the health of the planet. Just a day later, on April 23, I mark…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (261+ words) May 23 | Noon to Noon Hosted by Crystal Good and the Black By God Team West Virginia starts with WE. Black By God: The West Virginian has lost critical federal funding that impacts our capacity to tell Agriculture stories but local…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago  (712+ words) A lyrical love letter to the 35th state is putting West Virginia hip hop in its rightful spotlight Dear West V. A Love Letter to the 35th State. Hip hop has always been a tool the streets use to document culture. But Appalachian…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (513+ words) By: BBG Virtual Intern " Srijani Mitra If you want to understand the soul of West Virginia, you must know Dr. Cicero M. Fain III. A native of Huntington and a lifelong steward of Appalachian history, Dr. Fain has dedicated his work to…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (523+ words) After a Huntington-based content creator was recently featured in a Da Baby music video, West Virginia creators are showing that their influence extends far beyond state lines. Black By God highlights five creators in West Virginia, or with Mountain State…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (15+ words) Bluefield State University Celebrates Expanded Food Pantry Through Partnership with Food Lion Feeds'Black By God...