Victoria St. Martin

As a Black woman, a breast cancer survivor and a journalist, I have often wondered about the connection between beauty products and public health. I am so thankful to @insideclimate and @ReportingHealth for supporting me while I explore this important question🧵

Former Washington Post editor Marty Baron tells me the layoffs are "going to do enormous damage to the newspaper's ability to cover its community, to cover the country, and to cover the world in all the ways that it should." Our conversation: pbs.org/newshour/show/…

Harris County, Texas, is the deadliest place in the United States for Black mothers to give birth capitalbnews.org/black-maternal…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting may be gone, but the mission it fueled lives on at the @NewsHour : free, fair, independent journalism for all -- without paywalls or partisan pressure. If that work matters to you, help us keep it going. Support our work by donating here: give.newshour.org/page/80037/don…

If you read one thing today, please consider Invisible Killer: our investigation that found policymakers have for decades failed to protect Ohioans from radon. Thanks to @ReportingHealth and @NatPress, we were able to do our own on-the-ground testing. dispatch.com/story/news/loc…

Jamaica’s breadbasket is underwater. Farmers were just recovering from last year’s hurricane. Now, they’re starting again. From Montego Bay to Mandeville to Philadelphia, Jamaicans are organizing relief, sharing supplies, and refusing to give up on home. capitalbnews.org/hurricane-meli…

Michael Days, pioneering journalist who led the Philadelphia Daily News during its 2010 Pulitzer Prize win for investigative reporting, has died at 72 ebx.sh/CFWpTG

From opening grocery stores to launching online delivery services, I traveled to rural Mississippi to highlight the work of two Black women who are reimagining how their communities eat and thrive. This is part of the RNN's "Sowing Resilience" series. capitalbnews.org/black-women-mi…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ended key support for Black farmers and will no longer use the term “socially disadvantaged,” saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination capitalbnews.org/usda-ends-dei-…

Someone recently asked: “Why [aren’t] Mississippians in particular no longer passing on farming knowledge?” My response: They are, and here are some of the Black farmers who are training up the next generation in the Mississippi Delta. MY LATEST: capitalbnews.org/black-farmers-…

As hundreds of Black communities nationwide have been gentrified since 1980, more than 500,000 Black people have been pushed from their homes, according to a study “No racial or ethnic group has experienced more negative impacts from gentrification” capitalbnews.org/black-displace…

The return of the skulls of 19 Black Americans stolen by German researchers is believed to be the first major restitution of the remains of Black Americans from Europe. Over the weekend, hundreds attended a jazz funeral in New Orleans in their honor. capitalbnews.org/150-years-late…

For Black people with long COVID, in addition to their illness there’s often a struggle to be believed. Rebekah Sager finds out how patients are managing with Trump’s public health changes. @CapitalBNews @FlintBeat @AP capitalbnews.org/black-american…

Synthetic braiding hair -- which is mostly used by Black women -- has been in the safety spotlight. There's a thin body of research on the product, so here's what's to know, what we don't know and what to do in the meantime. apnews.com/article/black-…

People are still mad because Meghan Markle got handed the keys to the royal castle and said, “No, thank you.” She took her prince and moved back to America. Now she’s living her best life, and they can’t take it. @phillyinquirer inquirer.com/opinion/meghan…

I am THRILLED to share my first article for @CapitalBNews The report abt synthetic braiding hair is disturbing. This product is HEAVILY marketed towards Black women. Please read and share. #health #environment #beauty #environmentaljustice capitalbnews.org/toxins-braidin…

A report uncovered chemicals in braiding hair, and now it’s time we have a talk about environmental beauty justice. A special thank you to Candace Y.A. Montague for writing about this important issue capitalbnews.org/toxins-braidin…

The Smith family owns 600 acres of land, which has been passed down since the 1920s. A superior court judge recently ruled that a railroad company could seize their property. They are now appealing the decision to the Georgia Supreme Court. capitalbnews.org/georgia-family…

The tragedies in Altadena underscore the deadly consequences that Capital B has previously reported on: a poor emergency alert system and a system unprepared to offer vulnerable residents a path to evacuation in high-risk areas. capitalbnews.org/eaton-fire-los…

Trump's executive orders encompass everything from migration to TikTok to climate change and could have major implications for our communities. capitalbnews.org/trump-executiv…

After Congress failed to renew a critical funding program for rural schools, communities in over 700 counties will lose millions of dollars. capitalbnews.org/federal-fundin…