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Jones was the first woman elected as St. Louis Treasurer in 2012. After her narrow loss in the 2017 mayoral election, Jones continued to work with the movement that embraced her.
On April 6, Tishaura Jones became the first Black woman elected mayor of St. Louis.
To say Charles was well respected would be an understatement, with news of her unexpected passing rocking many to the core. The daughter of Haitian immigrants, Charles brought her passion for justice with her from the courtroom into the studio.
In the short time since she took office, acting Mayor Kim Janey has launched a hotline for vaccine appointments. She also announced a Vaccine Equity Grant program and a rental relief effort.
The review comes as progressive lawmakers and various constituent groups call for the president to forgive up to $50,000 of student loan debt.
Not burdened by respectability politics and rules of decorum, lawmakers like Park Cannon, Angie Nixon, Travaris McCurdy, and Michele K. Rayner-Goolsby center equity injustice and are fighting to protect democracy.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp and House Speaker David Ralston are placing the blame on everyone except for themselves.
A new bill could shift power in Baltimore by allowing the city to regain control over its police department after 160 years of the state calling the shots.
Out of President Joe Biden’s 11 nominees to be federal judges, nine are women, five are Black and four are Black women.
Black and Latino youth populations in detention centers grew while white non-Latino youth decreased during the pandemic, a new survey has found.
Beating Luther Hall, a Black detective, isn’t egregious enough to find white officers guilty of police brutality, according to one jury in St. Louis.
The criminal trial of three white police officers charged with beating a handcuffed undercover Black detective during the 2017 protests in St. Louis is testing the so-called Blue Wall of Silence as officers have begun turning on one another.
