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How bad were things in Ferguson? Police officers tell their stories
As stressed-out officers policed last year’s protests in Ferguson, Mo., it was sometimes hard for them to know who was in charge as more than 50 law enforcement agencies swarmed the suburb. Sometimes they had confusing directions. When they got home, some argued with their spouses... By Matt Pearce.
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How the Federal Government Built White Suburbia
Federal housing policies didn’t just deny opportunities to black residents. They subsidized and safeguarded whites-only neighborhoods. By Kriston Capps. -
SPLC lawsuit closes debtors’ prison in Alabama capital
An SPLC lawsuit in Montgomery, Ala., has stopped the jailing of indigent people who can’t pay traffic fines – a modern-day version of debtors’ prison that is finding new life across America... -
I’m a black activist. Here’s what people get wrong about Black Lives Matter
I learned much of what I know about the civil rights movement at Morehouse College. An extraordinary campus, on a hill in Atlanta, Morehouse was where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Julian Bond, and other notable architects of the civil rights movement... By Vann R. Newkirk II.
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I believe is. St. Louis has a patchwork of municipalities and no city wide police force. So if the area lies on a border between those little towns, you can't say for sure who has jurisdiction there.