Young novice protest leaders help drive U.S. wave of dissent
Before George Floyd stopped pleading for air beneath a police officer’s knee, 19-year-old Weidmayer Pierre was planning to work at…
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Rapper Huey killed in shooting in Kinloch
KINLOCH (AP) — A St. Louis rapper who went by the stage name Huey was killed in a shooting that…
City’s Black population continues to decline
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New census estimates show that St. Louis is continuing to lose Black residents while the white…
Some governors backtrack as virus cases near all-time high
NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus crisis deepened in Arizona on Thursday, and the governor of Texas began to backtrack…
Icons of 1960s civil rights movement voice cautious optimism
CINCINNATI (AP) — Bob Moses says America is at “a lurching moment” for racial change, potentially as transforming as the…
Nearly all in U.S. back criminal justice reform, poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans overwhelmingly want clear standards on when police officers may use force and consequences for officers who…
Mourners bid farewell to Rayshard Brooks at historic church
ATLANTA (AP) — Scores of mourners paid their final respects Tuesday to Rayshard Brooks at the church in Atlanta where…
Blacks, Hispanics falling behind in census response
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Halfway through the extended effort to count every U.S. resident, civil rights leaders worry that members…
ACLU urges Missouri schools to drop resource officers
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri is urging school districts to remove police officers from…
Missouri coronavirus cases up 7.7% in 7 days
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri health officials have reported 389 more coronavirus cases and seven more deaths. Data released Saturday…
Trump wants virus testing slowed to avoid bad statistics
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that he had asked his administration to slow down coronavirus testing…
Juneteenth likely to be city holiday starting next year
CITY HALL – Riding on the current momentum toward racial equity, the Board of Aldermen and Mayor Lyda Krewson have…
Estimate Board takes steps for racial equity
CITY HALL – The city’s chief financial body moved ahead Wednesday on three measures meant to ensure greater racial equity…
Juneteenth: A day of joy and pain – and now national action
In just about any other year, Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the day in 1865 that all enslaved black people learned…
Black Lives Matter network establishes $12M grant fund
NEW YORK (AP) — An influential group behind the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement has established a fund…
Ferguson swears in Jones, its first black mayor
FERGUSON (AP) — Ferguson, which became synonymous with the Black Lives Matter movement after the fatal police shooting of Michael…