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Losing a Local Hero
On September 6th, St. Louis lost an influential figure. Just short of 10 miles away from the Wash U campus, the body of activist Darren Seals was found inside a burning car with a fatal gunshot wound. Seals, often referred to as a “day-one” Ferguson protester, was known as a central figure within the local…
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Ferguson and the Fight for 15
The McDonald’s on West Florrisant Avenue in Ferguson became a notorious corner of a notorious city for a violent altercation between journalists and over-militarized police during the protests of mid-August. But the Ferguson McDonald’s has also come to symbolize something deeper than just confrontations between cops and civilians: the emergence of a new labor-civil rights…
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False Narratives in Ferguson
BY MAX HANDLER It has been nearly a week since prosecutor Bob McCulloch announced what that the grand jury had decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson. Before the words were even out of his mouth (literally, as USA Today had already reported that there would be no indictment) journalists began their work on the think…
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Rubbing Salt in Our Wounds
BY BILLIE MANDELBAUM On the evening of November 24, I gathered together with students and community members outside the St. Louis County Prosecutor’s Office to await Prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s announcement of the Missouri’s grand jury decision on whether or not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael…
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A Drive-By Shooting in Cleveland
BY RAJA KRISHNA The following is based on security footage and audio evidence released to the public by the Cleveland Police Department. Access the video here. On Saturday, November 22nd, 2014, while the world held its breath in anticipation of the Ferguson grand jury decision, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was kicking at some freshly fallen snow…
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An International Look at Ferguson
BY RUBY ARORA The armored vehicles roll in, and tear gas fills the air. The officers stand still as stone, impassable, with their bulletproof vests, gas masks, and riot gear. The crowd is weary of the fight yet passionate for the cause. The smoke bombs and flash grenades and rubber bullets only temporarily deter the…
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Michael Brown and the Lasting Effects of Summer 2014
BY PATRICK EASLEY When I first heard about the death of Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri police officer, I was outraged, but I wasn’t too surprised. Unfortunately, neither were many others familiar with the struggles of minorities in America. Minorities, and African Americans in particular, are more likely to be harassed…
