The Ferguson protests of 2014 sparked a national conversation on systemic racism and police violence, resulting in reforms in the Ferguson police department and the election of the city’s first Black mayor.
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‘Where The Pavement Ends’ links Ferguson to fate of neighboring Black town
The new documentary ‘Where The Pavement Ends’ links two towns, one Black and one White, together.
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Professors warn of ‘perpetual debt’ caused by U.S. criminal justice system
The U.S. criminal justice system in many cities and towns around the country operates a “predatory” system. For example, if a simple parking ticket is not paid on time, fines and late fees accumulate and the offender can be put in jail. This is called “predatory governance,” which was exposed in Ferguson, Missouri in a […]
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In Bridgeton, Missouri residents find it hard to breathe
Air pollution, atomic risks grow as toxic dump smolder Residents of this community near Ferguson — site of 2014’s police-involved shooting death of teenager Michael Brown — have complained for years about lung troubles caused by toxic fumes tied to radioactive waste linked to the atomic bombs that flattened Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Missouri’s Department of […]