Baltimore
It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions, Continue reading Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42
Tag Archives: Missouri
My open letter to Jonathan Capehart | #BlackLivesMatter
Scarborough, McCaskill: Darren Wilson getting his life back
Senator Claire McCaskill and Post-Election 2014 Democrats
Blogger’s note:
Whenever I’ve written about Claire McCaskill, I’ve always described her as a neoliberal. The purpose of her posturing on today’s Face the Nation is a reminder to her base of mostly white conservative liberals or ex-moderate Republicans, not to lump her in with a possibly rising progressive tide in the Senate. Continue reading Senator Claire McCaskill and Post-Election 2014 Democrats
Ferguson, Missouri’s Complicated History of Poverty and Racial Tension | The New Republic
You Can’t Understand Ferguson Without First Understanding These Three Things – Reflections from a former state senator from St. Louis
By Jeffrey Smith
You can’t really understand Ferguson—the now-famous St. Louis suburb with a long history of white people sometimes maliciously, sometimes not, imposing their will on black people’s lives—unless you understand Kinloch. Continue reading Ferguson, Missouri’s Complicated History of Poverty and Racial Tension | The New Republic
What Militarization of Police Looks Like in Ferguson, Mo.
Anger in #Ferguson follows record of racial disparity |The Rachel @Maddow Show |msnbc
Jonathan Capehart’s Moving Statement on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki”
The Washington Post and MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart made a very moving personal statement in today’s edition of Up With Steve Kornacki, in the wake of yet another case of curious police-involved shooting of a young black male in Ferguson, Missouri. Continue reading Jonathan Capehart’s Moving Statement on MSNBC’s “Up with Steve Kornacki”