St. Louis Residents Fight to Keep Spy Agency From Taking Their Homes

St. Louis Residents Fight to Keep Spy Agency From Taking Their Homes

The NGA, a lesser-known cousin of the National Security Agency, has long had facilities in South St. Louis located a short walk from the historic Anheuser-Busch Brewery. But the NGA is now looking to move and has narrowed its list of possible new locations to four, including one in North St. Louis that would require the demolition of 47 homes.

5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists

5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists

The point of all of this: to keep an eye on our posts and tweets, intimidate protesters before they hit the streets, pen them in on those streets, and ensure that they pay a heavy price for exercising their right to assemble and speak. The message is loud and clear in twenty-first-century America: protest at your peril.

Officials express shame at state of Normandy schools

Officials express shame at state of Normandy schools

A story in the Sunday Post-Dispatch profiled Cameron Hensley, 18, a Normandy High honors student whose school no longer offers honors classes. He hasn’t written an essay, read a book or been assigned much homework since fall. So what exactly is going on?

 

Chicago Creates Reparations Fund For Victims Of Police Torture

Chicago Creates Reparations Fund For Victims Of Police Torture

The city of Chicago has become the first in the nation to create a reparations fund for victims of police torture, after the City Council unanimously approved the $5.5 million package.