It's terrible," she says. This is Lowndes County, in the heart of what's known as the Black Belt - a rural, agricultural region in west Alabama named for its rich Black soil, and which also has a ...

The term ‘Black Belt’ in the US, particularly referring to the region in the South, is rooted in historical racism due to its association with the high concentration of enslaved Africans and ...

Currently, at least 30,000 homes have failing systems in the Black Belt region. After years of dealing with unsanitary wastewater conditions in and outside of their homes, some residents in the ...

Black Belt The Black Belt is a region of the Southern US with a history of slave plantation agriculture and a high African-American population. The term originally referred to a specific stretch ...

This rich, dark soil gave the Black Belt—an area that stretches from east-central Mississippi through central Alabama and into western Georgia--its name and later made the region a prime area ...

The medical debt nonprofit RIP Medical Debt will be abolishing medical debt for thousands in Alabama’s Black Belt region thanks to a partnership made possible by former Gov. Don Siegelman (D).

Yet, in a region with a high water table and intense ... coli and fecal coliform throughout the Black Belt, in wells and in public waters. A United Nations rapporteur on extreme poverty, visiting ...

From ancient seas to fertile soils, evolutionary biologist Shane Campbell-Staton explores the remarkable journey that transformed the Cretaceous coastline into the fertile “Black Belt” region ...

The Transformative Fiber Infrastructure Project will create a high-speed fiber optic network to provide affordable, and reliable, internet to a portion of Alabama's Black Belt region. The project ...

Editor’s Note: Agri-Pulse and The Chicago Council on Global Affairs are teaming up to host a monthly column to explore how the U.S. agriculture and food sector can maintain its competitive edge ...

BRAGGS, Ala. (WSFA) - A trip to Braggs, Alabama, in the Black Belt region, is like a journey to the early 1800s. If you look closely enough, it could take you back millions of years. It’s called ...